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BANKERS; 


COMPRISING   A  8TTMMABT   OP  THE   LAW   OP  BILLS  OF   EXCHANGE  AND  OF  PROMISSORY   NOTIIS,  BOTH 

IN^   EUKOPB   AND   TUK   UNITED   STATES — CHECKS   ON    BANKKKS — AND    fclGUT    BILLS — WITH 

APPKOVED    FORMS    OF    PROTEST    AND    NOTICE    OP   PROTEST  ;  AND   P.EFEP.ENCES 

TO  IMPORTANT  LEGAL  DECISIONS  ;    ESPECIALLY   ADAPTED   FOR 

THE  rSE  OF  NOTARIES  PUBLIC  AND   BANKERS. 

By  BERNARD  ROELKER,  A.  M.,  of  the  New  York  Bar. 


THIRD    EDITION, 

WITH   NUMEEOrS    ADDITIONS    IN    REFEnENCE    TO    BILLS    OP    EXCHANGE   AND    PP.OMISSOBY  NOTES; 

PROTEST  ;  TRANSFER  OF  BILLS  AND  NOTEi  ;  LETTERS  OF   CREDIT  ;  FORGED  BILLS  ;  FRAUDULENT 

AND    LOST    BANK    BILLS;    SIGHT    BILLS,     AC,    AND    P.EFEKENCES    TO    RECENT  DECISIONS 

IN    THE    UNITED    STATES    AND    ENGLISH    COURTS;     AND    A  SYNOPSIS   OF  THE  USURY 

LAWS    OF    EACH  STATE,   AND   THE    LAW  OF  DAMAGES   ON   PROTESTED   BILLS. 

By  J.   SMITH  HOMANS, 

Editor  o{  the  "  Bankers'  Magazine,"  and  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  of  New  York. 


53'cu)-ll|orIx : 


PUBLISHED  AT  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  BANKERS'  MAGAZINE, 
No.  162  Pearl-street. 

SOLD  BY  G.  p.  PUTXAM  <t  CO.,  NO.   321   BROADWAY. 

1857. 


Copies  mailed  to  order,  substantially  bound.    Price  $2,  including  postage,  pre-paid. 


^t  §anlin's'  Sarja^inc  aiii  ^tatistital  ^rjtsttr. 


Published  monthly  at  No.  1Q2  Pearl  Street,  New- York.     Terms,  Five  Dollars 

per  annum.     All  orders  and  subscriptions  to  be  forwarded  per  mail  to  the  Editor 

and  Publisher, 

J.   SMITH  ROMANS, 

i^p  >  t  II  «g 

The  following  are  a  few  of  the  many  voluntary  and  favorable  opinions  expressed  by  Bank 
ofiQcers,  as  to  the  value  of  this  work  to  Banking  Institutions  • 

MoNTlcKLLo  Bank,  CHA.RLOTTBByiLLB.  Virginia,  Dec.  8, 1S55. 
J.  Smith  IIomans,  Esq.,  162  Pearl  Street,  New-York  : 

Dear  Sir  : — I  enclose  a  check  for  subscription  to  your  work  to  June  next.  It  affords  me  pleasure  to  make 
this  remittance,  feeling  satisfied  it  is  by  far  the  most  prnjitable  investme.nt  we  have  ever  made.  I  feel  amply  re- 
paid by  the  single  article  in  the  December  No.,  "  Suggestions  to  young  Cashiers  on  the  duties  of  their  profession," 
s.x\i  w  ^xe  the  subscription  price  Jive  times  the  sum,  I  should  consider  this  article  a  good  set  off  for  the  whole 
amount.  Very  Respectfully, 

B.  C.  Flannaoan,  Cashier. 

Albany  City  Bank — I  am  surpriRed  to  learn  that  there  are  s«  many  banks  in  onr  State  not  on  your  siibscrip- 
tinnlist.  Now  I  might  alniosl  add  my  amazement  that  there  should  be  a  so/iiar;/ one  of  sound  character  not 
availing:  itself  of  a  work  so  useful  and  valuable  as  I  regard  your  Magazine.  It  will  give  me  pleasure  to  promote 
its  circulation  by  any  means  in  my  power. 

I  heard  it  very  highly  spoken  of  in  London  when  there  recently,  and  especially  so  by  Mr.  Gilbart,  whose  praise 

in  that  regard  is  worth  having. 

Watts  Sherman,  Cashier  Albany  City  Bank. 

April,  1851.  

From  a  Massachusetts  Cashier. — I  read  your  work  with  great  interest,  and  I  know  that  I  have  profited  by 
it.  I  am  confident  that  my  success  is  owinij  in  a  great  measure  to  the  information  which  your  pages  have 
given  rae. 


Neiv-York  Statb  Bank,  Albany. — I  consider  your  work  a  very  valuable  one,  and  highly  deserving  the  sup- 
port of  bankers,  and  of  the  business  community.     You  have  my  best  wishes  for  your  success. 

i.  B.  Plumb,  C&ahier,  Albany, 
April,  1851.  

Your  periodical  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  the  day. 

J.  8.  Gibbons,  Cashier  Ocean  Bank, 
April,  1851.  -  

Agricultural  Bank,  Herkimer,  JV.  T. 
We  prize  the  work  very  highly,  and  are  very  desirous  of  having  it  complete,  that  it  may  be  bound  and  pre- 
served.   The  information  it  contains  on  the  subjects  of  banking  and   finance  is  invaluable  to  the  banker,  the 
merchant,  and  the  financier. 

September,  1650.  

Baltimore  and  Philadrlphia. — The  undersigned,  subscribers  to  the  Bankers^  Jllagazine,  have  carefully 
examined  the  plan  and  execution  of  the  work,  and  cordially  approve  of  the  manner  in  which  it  is  conducted  , 
believing  that  it  is  a  medium  of  interesting  and  important  information,  and  fully  entitled  to  the  support  of 
banking  instilulions  throughout  the  U-nited  States. 

C.  C.  Jamisov,  Cashier  Bank  of  Baltimore,  K.  Mickle,  Cashier  Union  Bank  of  Maryland. 

D.  Sphiog,  Cashier  MerrlKints  Bank,  "  John  S.  GirriNGs,  ['resident  Chesapeake  Hank, 
Jatod  lliF.R,  President  Marine  Bank,  "                                     3.  B.  Trevor,  Cashier  Philadetiihin  Bank. 

J.  11.  (.^AUTER,  Cashier  Western  Bunk,  "  W.  Patton,  Jr.,  Cashier  Farmers'  and  Meek.  Bmk, 

T.  Cross,  Cashier  Commercial  and  Farmers^  Bank,  JaMBS  UusSell,  Cashier  Bank  of  Penn  Township. 

Boston. — The  undersigned  coincide  with  the  opinion  above  expressed,  and  cordially  unite  in  recommending 
the  Bankers'  Magazine  to  all  hankitii?  institutions,  as  well  worthy  the  attention  of  the  presidents,  eabhiers,  di- 
rectors, and  ofli'iers  generally,  of  the  banks  throughout  the  United  States. 

Jamkh  Doon.  Co-ihier  Massachusetts  Bank,  Boston,  W.  FT.  Foster,  Cashier  Bank  of  Ceimmerce,  Boston. 

E  P.  Clark,  Cashier  JVew- England  Bank        "  Charles  Spraoue,  Cushier  Cinbe  Bank,  " 


IMPORTANT    WORKS     OF     REFERENCE, 

FOR  BANK  DIRECTORS,  CASHIERS,  CLERKS  AND  MERCHANTS. 


THE  MERCHANTS  &  BANKERS'  REGISTER,  (formerly  Almanac.) 

For  the  years  1851,  1852,  1853,  1854,  1855,  1856,  1857. 

I.  The  Register  ou  Almanac  for  1851  contains  Coinage — Pnlilic 

Debt — Revenue  Expenditures  of  tlie  UiiifeJ  States  for  eaoli  year,  laSD-lS.")!.  2.  Ofticial 
Value  of  Foreign  Coins.  3.  Fluctuations  of  English  and  United  States  Stocks  for  the  yc;ir 
1850.     4.  Rates  of  Exchange  between  London  and  New  York  for  each  month,  182'2-ls.')n. 

II.  The  Register  or  Almanac  for  1852  contains  Abstract  of  the 

Laws  for  the  United  States  Mint.  2.  Laws  of  the  State  of  New  York  from  Bank  Depart- 
ment  Bank  Note  Redemption  Law — New  Insurance  Laws.     3.  Notes  on  Coins  in  General 

Use.  4.  McCullocirs  Tables  of  Gold,  Silver  and  Copper  Coins  of  all  Nations.  5.  Fluctuations 
of  Stocks  in  the  \eav  1851.  6.  Divisions  in  various  States  upon  Bills  of  Excliange  and  Notes. 
7.  Table  of  Foreign  Coins  Current  in  the  United  States.  8.  Forms  of  Bills  of  Exchange,  in 
eight  European  languages.      [^Xone  of  the  above  matters  appear  in  the  subsequent  volumes.'\ 

III.  The  Register  or  Almanac  for  1853  contains  Commercial  and 

Excliange  Tables  of  all  Nations.  [Condensed  from  TaiCs  Modern  Camhist.']  2.  New  Yavie- 
ties  of  Gold  and  Silver  Coins  and  Bullion.  By  J.  R.  Eckfeldt  and  \V.  E  Du  Bois,  of  the 
United  States  Mint.  3.  Elaborate  Essays  from  the  "  London  Quarterly  Review"  and 
"  London  Economist,"  on  the  Production  and  Consumption  of  Gold  and  Silver  throughout 
the  World.  4.  Engravings  of  Sixty-five  Recent  Gold  Coins.  5.  Census  Returns  of  the 
United  States — relating  to  Property — Mortality — The  Blind — Insane,  <tc.  \^None  of  these 
matters  are  contained  in  the  subsequent  voluincs.] 

IV.  The  Register  or  AL:\rANAc  for  1854  contains  :  1.  An  Alpha- 
betical Li:^t  of  all  the  Banks  in  England,  Scotland  and  Ireland — tlieir  Managers  and  Agents. 
2.  Laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  in  relation  to  Banking  Associations  and  Individual 
Bankers — including  the  Currencj^  Laws  passed  in  1854,  with  an  Alpliabetical  Index  to 
Subjects  3.  What  Shakspeare  says  about  Gold  and  Silver.  [N'onc  of  these  matters  are  con- 
tained in  any  of  the  other  volumes.^ 

Y.  The  Register  or  Almanac  for  1855  contains  :     1.  Description 

and  Ten  Engravings  of  the  New  Bank  Buildings  of  New  York.  2.  The  Free  Banking  Law 
of  Illinois.  3.  Statistical  History  of  Great  Britain  for  fifty  years.  (1.)  Notal  Statistics. 
(2.)  Food.  (3.)  Stimulants.  (4.)  Textile  Manufactures.  (5.)  Imperial  Parliaments.  (6.) 
Ministers  of  the  Crown.  (7.)  National  Debt  of  Great  Britain,  each  year,  1800-1850.  (8) 
Taxation,  Income,  Expenditure,  Loans,  Ac.,  of  Great  Britain,  each  year,  1800-1850.  ^9.) 
Customs,  Postage  Revenue,  tfec,  each  year,  1800-1850.     4.  History  of  the  Stock  Exchange. 

6.  Financial  Review  of  the  year  1854.     6.   History  of  the  Coal  Trade  of  tlie  United  States. 

7.  The  Relative  Values  of  Gold  and  Silver.  ByDr^  Michelse.x.  \None  of  these  matters  are 
contained  in  the  other  volumes  of  this  series.'\ 

YI.  The  Register  OR  Almanac  for  1856  contains:     1.  Tlic  Usnrv 

Laws  and  Law  of  Damages  on  Protested  Bills  of  each  State  in  the  Union.  2.  Prize  Essay 
on  Banking — ^Suggestions  to  Young  Casliiers  on  the  Duties  of  their  Profession.  By  Ilim. 
Lorenzo  Sabine,  of  Massachusetts.  [This  Kssai/  obtained  the  premium  of  one  hundred  dollars, 
offered  by  the  Editor  of  the  Bankers'  Magazine,  for  the  best  contribution  on  the  subject]  3. 
The  History  of  Commerce,  from  the  earliest  period  to  the  present  time.  4.  Recent  Bank 
Arcliitecture  of  New  York — Engravings  (by  the  best  New  York  artists)  of  the  New  Bank 
Buildings  of  the  year  1856.  5.  History  of"  Foreign  Banking  Institutions.  6.  Financial 
Review  of  tlie  year  185.5.  7.  Chronology  of  the  year  1855.  8.  On  the  Standard  of  Gold  and 
Silver.    [Xowe  of  the  above  matters  are  contained  in  either  of  the  other  volumes  of  this  series.] 

YII.  The  Register  or  Almanac  for  1857  contains:     1.  A  List  of 

all  the  Banks  in  each  State — arranged  alphabetically  in  Cities  and  States — names  of  Presi- 
dent and  Cashier  of  each.  2.  List  of  Private  Bankers  in  Tliree  Hundred  Towns  and  Cities 
of  the  United  States — and  in  Europe,  Asia.  South  America,  ttc.  3.  Alphabetical  List  of 
all  the  Cashiers  in  the  United  States — residence  of  each.  4.  Members  of  the  New  Y<iik 
Board  of  Brokers.  5.  Statistics  of  the  Bank  of  England  and  Bank  of  France.  6.  Banks  of 
the  City  of  New  York— President,  Vice-President,  Cashier,  Assistant  Cashier,  Notary,  Divi- 
dends, Discount  Days  of  each.  7.  Revenue,  Expendituie,  Debt  of  European  States.  8. 
Commercial  Statistics  of  the  United  States.  9.  Cotton  and  the  Cotton  Manufacture  of  the 
World.     10.  The  Consular  System  of  the  Uniied  States. 

1^==  Price  of  Each ,  8 1 .     Complete  Sets  of  the  WorJc,  $7. 

J.  SMITH  HOMANS,  Jr.,  No.  162  Pearl-street,  New  York. 


IMPORTANT  WORK  FOR  BANKERS. 


(^Formerly  Almanac^) 

One  Volume^  octavo^  j)JP-  200,  contains  information  whicJi  should 
be  on  every  Cashier  s  and  Banker^s  desk,  viz. : 

I.  List  ok  all  the  Banks  in  the  United  States,  Name  of  President  and  Cashier.  II.  Names 
OF  Private  Bankers  in  all  the  Towns  and  Cities  of  the  United  States.  III.  Alphabeti- 
cal List  of  Cashiers  in  the  United  States.  IV.  Members  of  the  New  York  Board  of 
Stock  Brokers.  Y.  New  Essay  on  Exchange,  by  J.  E.  McCulloch,  author  of  the  Commer- 
cial Dictionary.  YI.  List  of  Prhate  Bankers  in  all  parts  of  the  "World.  YII.  Cotton 
Statistics  of  the  whole  World  to  the  present  time.  YIII.  On  the  Kigiits  and  Duties 
of  Consuls.     IX.  Finances  of  European  States. 


OPINIONS    OF  XnE  WORK  BY  BANKERS. 

From  the  Bank  of  O'wego. — I  enclose  $1  12  for  a  copy  of  the  Merchants  and  Bankers' 
Register.  It  is  a  very  convenient  and  desirable  book  for  tlie  cashier's  desk.  Tlio«e  wlio  do  not  get  one  are 
penny  wise  and  $1  12  foolish.  E.  "W.  AVaknek,  Caahier. 


Prom  the  Branch  Bank  of  Tennessee,  Columbia. — I  am  deliglited  with  your  Magazine- 
and  recommend  it  to  every  banker  and  bank  officer  wiio  deserves  to  succeed  in  his  profession.  I  deem  it 
indispensable  to  the  attainment  of  a  correct  view  of  the  principles  of  good  banking. 


Prom,  the  Troy  City  Bank. — I  think  the  Bankers'  Begister  grows  more  interesting  as 
its  numbers  increase.  It  is  got  up  with  great  taste,  and  edited  with  much  ability.  Could  some  of  its 
"suggestions"  liave  met  my  eye  whilst  I  was  indeed  a  "  young  CASpiER,"  I  should  have  been  saved  mucli 
trouble  and  moitiflcation,  and  thousands  of  money.     God  speed  your  invaluable  work ! 

S.  K.  Stow,  Cashier. 


The  Merchants  and  Bankers'  Almanac  for  1855.  /.  Smith  JImnans. — It  is  difficult 
to  imagine  a  more  useful  or  convenient  appendage  to  any  office,  in  which  exchange  and  money  transactions 
fall  within  the  line  of  business.  The  amount,  indeed,  of  valuable  information  is  great,  and  its  arrangement 
most  judicious,  and  there  are  some  bits  of  knowledge  that  we  do  not  remember  to  have  seen  in  previous  pub- 
lications. Thus,  within  the  compass  of  thirly  pages,  is  a  summary  of  the  laws  of  each  State  respecting  interest 
and  usury,  and  elsewhere  a  list  of  private  bankers  in  the  principal  cities  and  towns  of  the  United  States  .and 
Canada.  Perhaps  our  eye  more  naturally  wanders  to  the  copious  statistics  of  Great  Britain  ;  but  the  truth  is 
tliere  is  something  to  be  gleaned  from  every  page. — .A^.  Y.  Albion. 


The  Merchants  and  Bankers'  Almanac  for  1855. — For  a  merchant,  a  mechanic  or  a 
firmer  to  make  himself  acquainted  with  the  financial  affairs  of  our  country  and  the  world,  has  heretofore  been 
tliought  waste  time,  or  about  as  important  as  the  study  of  architecture,  medicine,  or  Greek  and  Hebrew  •  hut 
lit  any  business-man  look  over  the  "  Merchants  and  Bankers' Almanac,"  published  by  J.  Smith  Ilomans.  70 
"Wall-street,  and  he  will  soon  bo  satisfied  that  ^practical  use  can  be  made  of  the  v.nluablc  information  therein 
contained.  It  furnishes  a  financial  review  of  the  past  year ;  a  list  of  all  the  Banks  and  Bankers  in  the  country  ■ 
a  statistical  history  of  Great  Britain  for  the  past  fifty  years;  a  statement  of  the  revenue,  expenditures  and 
public  debt  of  the  United  States;  many  statistical  tables,  etc.,  etc.  One  volume,  octavo,  200  pages.  Trice 
one  dollar. — N.  Y.  Independent. 


BANK    LIBRARIES. 

Every  well  managoJ  Banking  Inslitutinti  line  a  Library,  small  or  large,  of  standard  work.son  Bankinf;,  Bills, 
Notes,  and  upon  collateral  topic-,  for  the  use  ol  the  president,  cashier,  otlicers  and  directors.  Such  works  shouUl 
be  acces.sible  by  every  Bank  ofticer,  and  arc  especially  useliil  to  the  Bank  clirk  who  aims  at  advancemenl  in 
his  protession,  and  whose  services  thereby  are  more  valuable  to  thi^  inslitulion  in  which  he  is  employed. 

For  the  convenience  of  subscribers  to  ihe  Bankers'  Magazine,  the  followitiii;  works  are  kepi  ou  hand  at  No. 
IC'i  Pearl-street,  and  copies  will  be  furnished,  either  by  mail  ore.\i)ress,  to  order: 

I.  HISTORICAL  AND  STATISTICAL  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FOREIGN  COMMERCE 
of  the  United  States,  and  of  each  State,  for  each  year,  1820 — 1856;  The  Exports  to  and 
Imports  frotn  every  Foreign  Coutitry,  each  year,  1820 — 1856  ;  Commerce  of  the  Early  Colo- 
nies; Origin  and  Early  History  of  each  State.     8 vo.,  pp.  200.     $1  OU. 

II.  THE  BANKING  SYSTEM  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  with  notes  and 
references  to  adjudged  cases;  including  an  account  of  the  New-York  Clearing  House.  2. 
A  Historical  Sketch  of  the  former  and  present  Banking  Systems  of  the  State.  3.  All  the 
e.\isting  Statutes  relating  to  Banking.  4.  A  List  of  all  Banks  chartered  or  established  be- 
tween the  years  1791  and  1856.     One  vol.  8vo.,  pp.  440.     $i  00. 

IH.  THE  THEORY  AND  PRACTICE  OF  BANK  BOOK-KEEPING,  and  Joint  Stock 
Accoutits;  exemplified  and  elucidated  in  a  complete  set  of  Bank  Account  Books,  (j^rinted  in 
colors,)  arranged  in  accordance  with  the  principles  of  double  entry,  and  etnbraeing  the  routine 
of  business  from  the  organization  of  a  company  to  the  declaration  of  a  dividend  ;  with  all  tlie 
forms  and  details,  and  an  original  diagram.     By  C.  C.  Marsh,  Accountant.      1  vol.  4to.     $1. 

IV.  A  MANUAL  FOR  CONSULS;  including  Regulations  prescribed  by  the  President, 
of  the  United  States  for  Consular  Officers  of  the  United  States,  and  a  Preliminary  Sketch  of 
the  Consular  System.     $2  50. 

V.  GILBARrS  PRACTICAL  TREATISE  ON  BANKING.  Last  ed.  1  vol.  Svo.  pp. 
600.     $2  60. 

VL  THE  MERCHANTS'  AND  BANKERS'  REGISTER  FOR  1857.  (In  lieu  of  the 
Batikeiii'  Altnanac,)  with  McCullocii's  New  Essay  on  Exchange,  Alphabetical  List  of  Cashiers, 
List  of  Private  Bankers,  &e.     $1   12. 

VII.  MANUAL  FOR  NOTARIES  PUBLIC  AND  BANKERS.  New  edition,  with  im- 
portant additions  and  recent  decisions,  published  March,  1857.     $1   50. 

VIH.  THE  BANKERS'  MAGAZINE  AND  STATISTICAL  REGISTER,  motithly.  8vo.  pp. 
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tion geuerally  for  Banks,  Bankers,  Bank  Directors,  Bank  Clerks,  Notaries,  <tc.  $5  00. 
(Back  volumes  furnished  to  order,  bound,  $5  50.) 

IX.  COMMENTARIES  ON  THE  LAW  OF  BILLS  OP  EXCHANGE,  Foreign  and  Inlatul, 
as  administered  in  England  and  America.     By  Hon.  Joseph  Story.     1  vol.  8vo.    Price  $5  50. 

X.  COMMENTARIES  ON  THE  LAW  OF  PROMISSORY  NOTES,  AND  GUARAN- 
TIES OF  NOTES  AND  CHECKS  ON  BANKS  AND  BANKERS,  with  occasional  illus- 
trations from  the  Commercial  Law  of  the  Nations  of  Continental  Europe.  By  Hon.  Joseph 
Story.     Svo.     $5  50. 

XI.  COMMENTARIES  ON  THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  with 
a  Prelitninary  Review  of  the  Constitutional  History  of  tlie  Colonies  and  States  before  the 
adoption  of  the  Cotistitution.     By  Hon.  Joseph  Story.     2  vols.  Svo.     $7  50. 

XH.  The  same  Work,  abridged.     r2mo.     $1  00. 

XIH.  BYLES  ON  THE  LAW  OF  BILLS  OF  EXCHANGK     Svo.     $2  00. 

XIV.  CHITTY  ON"  BILLS.     Edited  by  Hon.  J.  Story.     Svo.     $5  00. 

XV.  THE  AMERICAN  CONVEYANCER,  containing  a  large  variety  of  Legal  Forms 
and  Instruments  adapted  to  Popular  Wants  and  Professional  Use.  By  George  T.  Curtis, 
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FOR    THE    CASHIER'S    DESK. 

MANUAL  FOR  NOTARIES  PUBLIC  AND  BANKERS. 


A  Manual  for  the  use  of  K^otabies  Pubuc  and  Bankers,  compeistng  a  Summaky  of  the  Law 
OF  Bills  of  Exchange  and  Promissory  Kotes — both  in  Europe  and  the  United  States. 
Checks  on  Bankers  and  Sight  Bills,  with  approved  forms  of  Protest  and  Notice  of  Pro- 
test, and  references  to  important  legal  decisions.  Adapted  to  the  use  of  Notaries 
Public  and  Rank  Officers.  By  Bernard  Roelker,  Esq.,  of  the  New-York  Bar.  New 
edilion,  April,  1857,  with  exteusive  additions, 

By    J.    SMITH    IIOMANS, 
Editou    of    "The    Bankers'   Magazine,"    and   Notary  Public. 

The  new  edition  of  1857  contsiins  the  following  new  subjects,  with  all  the  new  cases  in  the 
United  States  and  Great  Britain,  in  reference  to  the  Law  of  Bills  of  K^change,  Promissory 
Notes,  Pi-otests,  &c. : 

CHAPTER  I— Of  Bills  OF  EscirAXGE—l.  Whafi.t  a  Bill?  2.  BiUs  and  Kotea  Accepted  and  Made  hy 
Agentx.  3.  7'htif,  of  Preni'ii'iuent.  4.  EsfL-iinex  for  Due  P resentment.  5.  Fiirnl  AccepUince.  6.  De- 
.structio7i  of  a  BUI.  7.  Stittutes  (i,s  to  Acceptance.  8.  Acceptance  of  a  N^nn-egcistinr/  Bill.  9  Erasure  of 
an  Acceptance.  10.  M^tiver  of  Acceptance.  II.  CoiuJ  it  ianiil  Acceptance.  Vl.  HightH  of  an  Acceptor, 
Supra  Protefit.  13.  What  i.<t  <i  Promi.'i.sniy  Note  f  14  Xote.i  Pai/alde  to  a  Fictitious  Per.sc7i.  15.  Where 
is  the  Place  of  Picywent?  16.  Ban/c  Che'c/iS.  11.  Days  of  Grace  on  Si(iht  Bilti>.  IS.  (i/-cumstances  to 
Excuae  Presentment.  19.  Presentment— hi/  xchofn,  to  he  made.  20.  Mode  of  Presentment.  21.  Mode, 
of  Demand.  22.  Kxceptions  to  JMnand.  23.  Waiver  of  Piotest.  24.  Protest  of  Foreign  Bill-<t.  25.  Lex 
Loci.  26.  Notice  to  Endorsers  in  the  tame  Ton-n.  27.  When  Notice  to  he  Giren.  2S.  Notice  to  Non- 
residents. 29.  An  Endorser  Bound  to  Give  Notice.  30.  Notice  hy  Special  Mi-ssevger.  SI.  Notice  to 
Joint  Endorser.i.  3.'.  Death  ff  Endorser.  33.  Acceptor,  Supra  Protest.  84.  To  what  Place  should  No- 
tice he  Sent?    85.  Deci.->io7i>t  in  Neto   Yorl\     86.  Persons  ly  v:hi.m  Notice  is  Given.     87.  Agents. 

C!I  APTEli  ir.— 3S.  The  Liahilily  of  Bonis  a'<  Agents.  89.  (an  a  Demand  he  made  legally  hy  a  No'ary's 
Clerk?  40.  Form  of  Ni'tice.  41.  Use  of  J'' iiited.  Signatures.  42.  E.rcu.'^es  for  irant  of  Presentment. 
43.  Waiver  of  Notice.  44.  Guaranty  of  Bills.  45.  I'o.'^t  Bills.  40.  Forged  Bills  and  Notes.  41.  Days 
of  Grace  on  Checks. 

CHAPTER  III.— Of  THE  Tp.ansfkrofCills  and  Notes— I.  'Wiiomay  Tkansfer.— 1.  Transfershy Infants. 
2.  Triin.\fi;rshy  Married  Women.  8.  TrawfersJiy  Executirrs,  Assigni-ex,  Trtuitees.  I'artners.  <S:c.  ]I.  To 
WHOM  TiiETBANSFER  MAYBEMADE. —  Transfers  to  prior  Endorsers.  \\\.  Modfs  OP  Transfer. — 1.  Trans- 
fers if  Non-Negotial/le  Bills  or  Notes.  2.  Transfers  of  Negotlatde  Bills  or  Notes.  3.  Transfer  of  Bills, 
tfcc,  payahle  to  a  fictitious  person.  4.  Assignment  of  Negotiahle  Bills.  5.  Effect  of  Omissionto  Endorse. 
G.  Form  of  Endorsement.  7.  Form  of  Ewlorsemenily  Agent.  8.  Kinds  of  Endorsement.  9.  Blank  En- 
dor.umeiit.  V).  Endorsements  in  full  and  jjartly  in  full.  11.  Uestrictire  Endorsement^'.  12.  Qnalifed, 
Endorsements.  13.  Conditional  Endorsements.  IV'.  Time  op  Transfer. — 1.  Effect  of  Transfer  hefore 
maturity.  2.  Endorsements  iipnn  Blank  Paper.  V.  Obi.i<;atio>8  of  Endoksers. — 1.  Ohligations  vpon 
Transfer  hy  Endorsement.  2  OtiUgaHons  vpon  Transfer  ly  Delivery,  f,.  Revocation  of  Endorsement. 
CHAPTER  I  v.— Op  Eetters  of  Credit. 

CHAPTEP^  v.— Of  Dank  ^inT.%.— Forgery.    LinhiUty  for  redemption  of  Stolen  Bills. 
CHAPTER  VI.— 77i«  Laws  of  each  State  in  reference  id  Interest  and  Damage  on  Bills  of  Exchange. 
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Ao.  1G2  J^carl-street,  New  York  City. 

Manual  for  Bankers.— Tha  title  of  this  booV,  -B-hich  we  transcribe  nt  length  above,  indioates  with  sufficient 
ili^tiiifliifss  its  ii.iture  ami  olijecis.  Tliough  we  possess  in  gL-iiiriil  ilie  prcifefsional  dislilie  to  Manuals  and 
other  S^lmrt-Haiicl  Melhoilsof  cramming  law  inio  laymen,  which  "enlorprisinf;  Pulilisliers"  occasionally  in- 
tlict  on  society,  we  iniisl  except  from  llio  rule  I'f  condemnatiun  Ibis  accnrale  and  convenient  liltle  Irealise, 
both  on  account  of  its  subjects  and  its  manner  of  prepaiation.  A  work  of  the  kind  is  continually  needed  hy 
that  class  to  which  it  addresses  itself.  From  the  character  of  their  business  they  must  frequently  bo 
called  upon  to  solve,  iti  action,  questions  upon  the  loss  of  hills  and  notes,  which  even  a  well-read  lawyer  would 
hesitate  to  answer  ofi-hand.  Tliis  being  so,  ihe  Kotary  Puiilic,  who  very  rarely  has  had  any  legal  training, 
mu-t  need  at  liis  elhow  some  safe  guide  lo  which  he  can  turn  with  conflilence  in  an  emergency  for  the  requi- 
site information.  Such,  we  can  state  from  examination,  is  the  work  Ijefore  us.  It  is  a  compact  and  careful 
summary  of  Iho  law  on  subjects  which  it  treats,  with  a  collection  <d"  the  Statistics  and  Notes  of  the  Principal 
Decisions  Ijenring  thereon.  A  resume  of  the  Law  of  the  (.'oatinent  ot  Europe,  with  regard  to  bills  and  notes, 
is  prefixed,  and  will  be  found  of  very  considerable  value. — Americmi  Law  Magazine. 


1  have  not  examined  carefully  the  "  Manual  for  Notaries  Public,"  but  as  fir  as  T  have  had  occasion  to  refer 
to  it,  have  found  it  a  valuable  work,  and  one  almost  indispensable  to  every  Banker  and  Notary  Public. 

II.  S.  Flvnt,  Cashier  Sandusky  City  Bank. 


From  such  examination  as  I  have  been  enabled  to  give  your  "  Manual  for  Notaries  Public,"  I  am  of  opinion 
thatitis  a  convenient  and  highly  usetul  aid  to  Bank  Oflicers  aii<l  Notaries.very  many  of  whom  are  unskilled  in 
the  forms  and  not  versed  in  Ihe'legal  questions  which  are  so  impori.nnt  and  of  fnquent  occurrence  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duties.  J.  H.  TE.MrLE,  Cashier  Farmers'  Bank  vfKy. 

Your  "Manual  for  Notaries  Public."  from  the  parli:d  examination  given,  we  take  pleasure  in  saying,  is  the 
most  satisfactory  ami  concise  work  of  the  kind  we  have  ever  examined,  and  we  tliink  it  adiniral)ly  adapted  to 
the  purposes  intended  ;  not  only  convenient  to  the  Banker  and  nou-profc-^sional  man,  but  a  work  we  think 
calculated  to  save  great  labor  and  investigation  of  the  more  ponderous  works  on  that  tnbject,  to  the  legal 
profession.  TucivBK,  Brannin  it  Co.,  Bankers,  Louisville,  Ky. 


LIFE    INSURANCE. 


ARTICLES  Ul'OX  THE  SUBJECT  OF  LIEE  INSURANCE,  CONTArilED 
IN  THE  BANKERS'  MAGAZINE  AND  STATISTICAL  REGISTER. 

I.  Recent  Cases  in  the  English  Courts  in  reference  to  Life  Insurance,  —  Construc- 
tion cf  "  Commit  Suicide,"  —  Premiums  on  Policies,  —  &.C. 

II.  Life  Insurance,  — Tables  of  Mortality,  —  Life  Annuities,  —  Probabilities  of  Hu- 
man Life.  From  the  t'rejichof  IM.  A.  Quetelet.  With  llie  Bcl^'ium  Tiibles  of  IMortalily,  Dr.  Halley's 
Tables  of  Breslau,  and  the  Netherlands  Tables. 

III.  Life  Insurance,  —  Its  Benefits,  —  Its  Commencement, —  Suicide  of  an  Insurer, 

—  Insurance  of  Invalid  Lives, — The  Gresham,  —  The  We^jt  RlKldlesex  Delusion.    3y  John  Fuancib, 
Esq.,  Author  of  History  of  the  Bank  of  England. 

IV.  Life  Insurance.  Review  and  Analysis  of  an  Historical  and  Statistical  Account 
of  the  Population,  the  Law  of  Mortality,  and  the  ditTerent  Systems  of  Life  Insurance  ;  including  the  Va- 
lidity and  Non-validity  of  Life  Policies.  With  Observations  on  Friendly  Societies  and  Savings  Banka, 
ice.     By  Alfred  Burt,  Esq.,  Secretary  to  a  London  Life  Ollice. 

V.  Tables  adopted  by  St.  Clement  Danes  Savings  Bank  Government  Annuity  In- 
stitution; also.  Comparative  View  of  the  E.vpeciation  of  Life  according  lo  the  Northampton,  Carlisle, 
and  Government  Annuity  Tables.    From  Gilbart's  Practical  Treatise  on  Banking. 

VI.  Remarks  on  the  Unfitness  of  Life  Policies  as  a  Security  for  Loans.    By  James 

W.  GiLBART,  Esq.,  Manager  of  the  London  and  Westminster  Bank. 

VII.  History  of  Bills  of  Mortality.  By  Joshua  Milne,  Esq.,  Actuary  to  the  Sun 
Life  Assurance  Co.    From  the  Encyclopadia  Britannica.    Seventh  Edition. 

VIII.  Remarks  on  the  Law  of  Population  and  Mortality  as  evidenced  in  the  Health 
Reports  of  Baltimore,  Md.    By  John  H.  Ale.xander,  Esq. 

IX.  Remarks  on  Life  Insurance.    By  Robeet  Chambers,  Esq.,  of  Edinburgh. 

X.  Principles  of  Life  Insurance,  —  Mutual  and  Proprietary  Systems.  From  Cham- 
bers's Edinburgh  Journal. 

XI.  Remarks  of  the  London  Spectator  on  the  Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Registrar- 
General, —  On  the  Defects  in  the  Practice  of  Life  Insurance,  and  Suggestions  for  their  Remedy.  By 
Alexander  Robertson.     And  Burt's  Historical  and  Statistical  Account  of  Population  and  the  Law  of 

Mortality. 

XII.  Life  Insurance,  —  Its  Advantages  to  the  Working  Classes  ;  a  Lecture  deliv- 
ered to  the  Mechanics'  Institute  and  Library  Association  of  Quebec,     iiy  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cook. 

XLII.  On  the  Moral  Duty  of  Life  Insurance.     From  Cliamhers's  Edinburgh  Journal. 

XIV.  The  Law  of  Life  Insurance.  Fourteen  Cases  in  the  English  Courts.  I.  Con- 
cealment of  facts.  2.  Misrepresentation  of  medical  referee.  3.  Residence  of  the  assured  parly. 
4.  Misrepresentation  affects  the  interest  of  third  parties.  5.  Agency.  6.  Verbal  misrepresentation. 
7.  Concealment  of  immaterial  facts  vitiates  a  policy.  8.  What  is  to  be  considered  "  a  disorder  jlending 
lo  shorten  life."  9.  Epilepsy.  10.  Unintentional  concealment  of  material  facts.  II.  False  statements 
by  a  wife  not  to  prejudice  a  claim  on  a  company  by  the  husband.  12.  Unintentional  misrepresenta- 
tion.    13.  Insurable  Interest.     14.  Refusal  to  pay  policy  on  the  ground  of  fraud. 

XV.  Principles  of  Life  Insurance,  —  Bate  and  Tables  of  Mortality,  —  Rate  of  Inter- 
est, Examples  of  Life  Insurance  Calculation,  —  Formation  of  Rates,  —  Moral  Duty  of  Life  Insuranca 
From  Chambers's  Information  for  t/ie  People. 

XVI.  The  Law  of  the  State  of  New  York,  passed  April,  1851,  "in  relation  to  all 

Companies  transacting  the  business  of  Life  Insurance  wiihin  this  Slate." 

XVII.  Four  important  Cases  before  the  English  Courts  upon  Life  Insurance,  viz. :  — 

1.  Misrepresentation  of  facts,  in  answer  to  parol  inquiries  at  time  of  etfccting  insurance,  an  avoidance 
of  the  policy. 

2.  Banlfjptcf  of  insured  no  defence  \i\  an  action  to  recover  subsequent  premium  pai(l  by  assignee  of 
policy. 

3.  O*_^tiction  of  words  importing  disease. 

4.  Declaration  as  to  habits  of  the  insured  material,  though  shown  not  to  have  affected  the  risk. 

XVin.  Extracts  from  Report  of  a  General  Plan  for  the  Promotion  of  Public  and 

Personal  Health,  devised,  prepared,  and  recommended  by  Lemuel  SuArrucit,  of  Boston,  Natbamuu. 
P.  Banks,  and  Jbhiel  Abbott,  a  Board  of  Commissioners  appointed  under  a  Resolve  of  the  LcgiilaUir* 
<rf  Massachusetts  relating  to  a  Sanitary  Survey  of  the  Swie,  1850. 


Ed"  The  Baniers'  Magazine  leill  contain  all  new  eases  in  Life  Insurance. 
PubliBhed  Monthly.    Five  Dollars  per  annum.    J.  SJIITH  HOMANS, 


Late  American  Coins. 


NEW  VARIETIES  OF  GOLD  AND  SILVER  COINS,  COUNTERFEIT  COINS,  AKD 

BULLION;  WITH  MINT  VALUES. 

Second  Edition,  rearranged,  with  Numerous  Additions. 
By  JACOB  R.  ECKFELDT  AND  WILLIAM  E.  DU  BOIS, 

ASSAYERS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  MINT. 

TO   WHICH   IS   ADDED   A   BRIEF  ACCOUNT   OF    THE   COLLECTION   OF   COINS 
BELONGING    TO    THE    UNITED    STATES    MINT. 

By  W.  E.  DU  BOIS.    • 
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I.    Recent  Coins  of  the  World. 

1.  Belgium. — 2.  Bolivia.  — 3.  Britain.      J.  Central  America.  — 5.  Chili.  — 6.  China.— 7.  Eva- 
dor.—8.  France.  — 9.  Germany. —10.  Hayti.  — 11.  Mexico.  — 12.  Milan. —  13.  Netherlands. 
— 14.  New  Grenada.  —  15.  Norway.  —  16.   Peru.  — 17.   Prussia. —  IS.  Russia.  —  19.  S;am. — 
20.  Sweden. —21.  Turkey.  — 22.  United  States.  —  23.  California. 
n.    Recent  Counterfeit  Coins. 
UI.    Gold  from  California. 
rV.    Recapitulation  of  the  net  Mint  Value  of  Gold  and  Silver  Coins  issued  within  Twenty-five  Ye;»n» 

past, 
V.    Silver  from  Lake  Superior. 
VI.    Table  of  Correspondence  between  Pennyweishts  and  Grains,  and  the  Decimal  Frtictiona  of  a  Troy 

Ounce. 
VII.  *  Comparison  of  American  and  Foreign  Weights  used  for  Precious  Metals. 
VIII.    Bulk  and  Packing  of  Precious  Metals. 
IX.    Determination  of  the  Value  of  a  Specimen  of  Gold  or  Silver  in  its  Native  Rock,  or  Gangue. 
X.    Transaction  of  Business  at  the  Mint. 

XI.  Miscellaneous:  —  1.  Shipments  of  California  Gold  to  London. — 2.  Wear  of  our  Silver  Coins. — 
3.  Gold  Pens. — 4.  Georgia  Diamonds.  —  5.  Our  Copper  Coinage.  —  6.  American  Spoons  and 
Stirrups 

PART   SECOND. 

COLLECTION    OF    SPECIMEN    COINS   AT   THE    MINT,  PIIILADKLPniA. 

I.     Remarks  on  the  Coins  of  the  Roman  Empire 

..  Era  of  the  Republic.      2.  Julius  Ctesar  to  Trajan.  —  3.  Hadrian  to  Elagabahis.  ->-  4.  SeK-ru.* 
Alexander  to  Claudius  Gothicus.  —  5.  Aurelian  to  the  End  of  the  Western  E.iipire.  —  6.  Byzan- 
tine Empire. 
IT.  Greek  Coins. — Greek  Republics.     III.  Greek  Monarchies.     IV.  Persia.     V.  Fieyiit.     VI.  .Syri*. 
VII.  Le.s3er  Monarchies  of  Gr  »ce.  Asia  Minor,  &c.   VIII.  Baciria,  Bokhara.  —  Cabul.  'X.  Mi'dern  Conis. 
T.  Additiooa. 


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AN 


HISTORICAL    AND    STATISTICAL    ACCOUNT 


OF     THE 


FOREIGN    COMMERCE 


OF     THE 


UNITED     STATES, 


enOWING  THE  FOREIGN  COMMERCE  OP   EACH  STATE,  WITH  THE   AGGREGATE  IMPORTS 

FROM,    AND   EXPORTS   TO,    EACH    FOREIGN    NATION,    FROM   THE   YEAR    1820   TO 

THE  YEAR  1856,  AND   THE   FOREIGN    COMMERCE  OF  THE  UNITED   STATES 

WITH     EVERY   IMPORTANT    MARITIME    COUNTRY   IN   THE   WORLD 

DURING    THE    SAME    PERIOD;     INCLUDING    A    REVIEW    OF 

THE   PROGRESS   OF   AMERICAN   COJOIERCE,    AKD   A 

PRELIMINARY  SKETCH   OF   THE   TRADE  OF 

THE     AMERICAN     COLONIES. 


C  OMPILED      BY 

J.    SMITH    IIOMANS,   Junior. 


KEW    YOKK: 

PUBLISHED  BY  G.   P.   PUTXAM   &  CO.,   321   BROADWAY. 

J.  SMITH  ROMANS,  JUNIOR,  1G2  PEARL  STREET. 

1857. 


CONTENTS 


Colonies, 

Maine, 

New  Hampshire, 

Vermont, 

Massachusetts, 

Rhode  Island, 

Connecticut, 

New  York:, 

New  Jersey, 

Pennsylvania, 

Delaware,  . 

Maryland, 

District  of  Coluitbia, 

Virginia, 

North  Carolina, 

South  Carolina, 

Georgia, 

Alabama, 

Florida, 

Louisiana, 

Michigan, 

Ohio, 

Illinois  and  Others, 

Texas  and  California, 

Progress  op  Commerce, 

Belgium, 

England, 

Ireland,    .        . 

Scotland, 

Gibraltar, 

Malta,  . 

British  East  Indies, 

Cape  of  Good  Hope, 

Australia, 

honditeas,    . 

BRiTisn  Guiana, 

British  West  Indies, 


PAOB 
I 

.     8 

10 

.  12 

14 
.  IG 

18 
.   20 

22 
.  24 

26 
.  28 

30 
.  32 

34 
.  36 

38 
.  40 

42 
.  44 

46 
.  48 

50 
.   52 

54 
.  66 

68 
.  10 

72 
.  74 

76 
.  78 

80 
.  82 

84 
.  86 

88 


VI 


Contents. 


Canada,       .... 

British  American'  Colonies, 

Other  British  Coloxies,  . 

France,  Atlantic, 

France,  Mediterranean,  . 

French  West  Indies,    . 

French  Guiana, 

Denmark, 

Danish  West  Indies, 

Holland, 

Dutch  West  Indies,  . 

Dutch  East  Indies, 

Dutch  Guiana,  . 

IIanse  Towns, 

Prussia,      .... 

Russia, 

Sweden  and  Norway, 

Swedish  West  Indies, 

Spain,  Atlantic, 

Spain,  Mediterranean, 

Teneriffe,  . 

Manilla, 

Cuba 

Spanish  West  Indles,    . 

Portugal,   . 

Madeira, 

Fatal,  etc.. 

Cape  Yerd  Islands, 

Italy, 

Sardinia, 

Sicilies,       .... 

Trieste, 

Turkey, 

Hayti,    . 

Spanish  American  Colonies, 

Mexico 

Uruguay,  .... 
Colombia, 
Central  America, 
New  Granada, 
Venezuela, 
Brazil,  . 

Argentine  Republic, 
Chili,  .... 

Peru, 

CinNA,  .... 

Mauritius, 

Asia,  ..... 


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90 
92 
94 

96 
9S 
100 
10 '2 
104 
lOtJ 
108 
110 
112 
114 
116 
118 
120 
122 
124 
12G 
128 
130 

i:!4 

132 

13G 

138 

140 

142 

144 

146 

148 

150 

152 

154 

156 

158, 

ICO 

102 

164 

IGG 

168 

110 

172 

174 

176 

178 

180 

182 

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V.  LAWSON'S  HISTORY  OF  BANKING. 

Thb  History  of  Banking,  with  a  Compuehensive  Account  op  the  Origin*  Rise,  aho  Prookbsi 
OP  THE  Banks  OP  England,  Ireland,  and  Scotland.  Bv  WILLIAM  JOHN  LAWSON.  F»a»T 
American  Edition,  one  Volume  octavo,  pp.  350.     Price  Two  Dollars. 

The  A[4)endix  to  this  tcork  contains  asfullotes  : 

\.  Copy  of  the  Bank  Charier  of  1844.  II.  Original  By-Laws  of  ihe  Bank  of  England.  III.  Annual 
Piofils  of  llie  Bank  from  Circulation  of  Notes  and  from  Governinenl  Business.  IV.  Progress  of  the 
English  National  Debt  from  its  Beginning  till  1316.  V.  Progress  of  the  Stale  Revenue  from  William  the 
Conqueror  (lOOO)  to  the  Year  IS30.  VI.  Aimual  Amount  of  Taxes  from  1793  to  1815.  VII.  Account  of 
the  Expenses  of  Xin  Bank  for  Managing  the  Funded  Debt;  for  Circulation  of  Notes;  for  the  Banking 
Department.  Vlil.  Account  of  the  Number  of  Licenses  to  Country  Bankers  from  1809  to  1832.  IX.  Ac- 
count of  the  Assets  of  the  Bank.  X.  Transfer  Days  at  the  Bank;  South  Sea  House  and  East  India 
House.  XI.  Sir  Isiiac  Newton's  Report  on  the  Coinage.  XII.  Account  of  the  Process  of  Coining  at  ihe 
English  Mint.  XIII.  The  Irish  and  Scotch  Banknig  Acts.  XIV.  Form  of  Bond  for  Cash  Account  in  the 
Scotch  Banks.    XV.  List  of  Works  consulted  by  the  Au'.^r. 

To  ihe  American  Edition  are  appended  thefoUoieing  A?  tides,  making /orty  pages  :  — 
L  A  List  of  Rare  and  Valuable  Works  on  Banking,  Currency,  Coins,  <kc.,  published  in  Great  Britain 
from  1679  to  1844.     With  Remarks  upon  the  most  important,  by  J.  K.  McCulloch,  Esq. 

II.  Sketch  of  the  Origin  of  Savings  Banks  in  Great  Britain,  and  of  the  Existing  Laws  for  their  Gov- 
ernment. {From  Bohn's  "Standard  Cyclopaedia  of  Political,  Constitutional,  Statistical,  and  Fo- 
reneic  Knoxeledge."    London,  1843.) 

III.  A  List  of  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Books  and  Pamphlets  contained  in  the  BcsUin  Athenaeum,  upon 
the  Subjects  of  Banking,  Currency,  Credit,  &c.,  published  between  16S3  and  1843.  (.This  list  comprises 
tht  na'Hes  of  many  works  concerning  the  early  Banks  and  Currency  of  the  American  Colonies  and 
States,  note  out  of  print  or  exceedingly  scarce.) 

IV.  An  Account  of  the  Banking  Institute  of  London. 

V.  Alphabetical  List  of  English  and  American  Works  on  Banking,  Colrm,  Currency,  Bills  of  Ex- 
change, <Scc. 

VI.  An  Index  to  Articles  upon  the  Subjects  of  Banks,  Banking,  Bank  of  England,  Bank  of  United 
States,  Savings  Banks,  Coins,  Coinage,  Currency,  Finance,  Gold  and  Silver,  Interest,  Mint,  Money, 
Usury,  Repudiation,  &c.  containeo  in  the  British  and  American  Periodical  Works  of  the  last  fifty  Years. 
CompiliO  by  Wm.  F.  Poole,  Assistant  Librarian  of  tjie  Boston  Athenseum.  {By  means  of  this  huiex 
only  the  reader  can  readily  fmd  the  elaborate  and  valuable  essays  contained  in  the  Edinburgh  and 
London  (iuarterly  Reviews,  The  Merchants'  and  The  Banlcers'  Magazines,  American  Quarterly 
and  North  American  Revieres,  Silliinan's  Journal  of  Science,  Niles's  Register,  ajid  many  other  lead- 
ing periodicals.  It  will  also  er^ble  the  reader  to  find  readily  the  writings  —  the  authorthtp  lutherto 
unknown  in  many  cases —  of  the  following  r  ^tributors.) 

Humboldt,  Baron, 
Johnson,  A   B., 
Jacobs,  Wm., 
Lanman,  J.  H., 
Madison,  J., 


Appleton,  Nathan, 
Adams,  Charles  F., 
Asliburlon,  Lord, 
Bancroft,  Geo., 
Bell,  G.  M., 
Binney,  Horace, 
Brougham,  Lord, 
Carey,  Henry  C, 
Carey,  Matthew, 
Cary,  T.  G., 
Chandler,  P.  W., 
Congdon,  J.  B., 


D'Argnul,  M., 
De  Morgan, 
Dwighi,  E., 
Everett,  A.  li., 
Fillmore,  Millard, 
Fosdick,  D., 
Foster,  J.  B., 
Foster,  W.  H., 
Gallatin,  Albeit, 
Gilbari.  J.  W., 
Gouse,  W.  M., 
Gordon,  Tho.  F., 


McCulloch,  J.  R., 
McDufTie,  Geo., 
Middlelon,  Henry, 
Otis,  G., 

Peabody,  O.  W.  B., 
Phillips,  W., 
Polk,  J.  K., 


Ropes,  J.  S., 
Seaman,  E.  C., 
Smith,  F.  O.  J., 
Smith,  J.  V.  a, 
Sparks,  Jared, 
Tucker,  Geo., 
Wallenstem,  J.  D., 
Weimore,  W.  S., 
Wharton,  F., 
Whipple,  John, 
Willard,  A.  P. 


The  History  by  Mr.  Lawson  contains  many  interesting  <letails  relating  to  the  Early  Currency  of  Great 
Britain,  —  The  Lombard  Jews,  —  The  Exchequer,  —  London  Private  Bankers  of  the  17ih,  18th.  and  19th 
Centuries,  — Origin  of  Banks  in  England,  —  Bills  of  Exchange,  —  History  of  the  Bank  of  England.  — 
The  Goldsmiths,  — The  Clearing-House,  —  Frauds  of  Fauntleroy,  Stephenson,  &c.,  —  Origin  of  Private 
Bankers,  —  Savings  Banks,  —  Joint-Stock  Banking,  —  Irish  Banking,  —  Scotch  Banking, —  Bank 
Failures,  —  Monts  de  Piele,  —  Loan  Societies,  — &c. 


Mr  Lawson  has  given  us  a  very  interesting  vwlume,  as  his  contribution  to  the  History  of  Hanking. 
fie  has  taken  ereal  pains  to  make  his  imrk  accurate  :  ami  a.-"  it  is  the  resull  of  many  years'  labor  and 
research,  ll  possesses  a  higher  value  iban  could  be  claimed  for  a  more  ephemeral  proiluclion.  He  prn- 
•ents  us  with  a  good  general  view  ii(  the  slate  of  banking,  and  incidentally  o(  com"  tree  also,  from  ihe 
earliiHt  periiKls  to  the  [jrcsenl  lime  .  ami  he  has  interwoven  hi."  facts  so  plexs.intly  with  aaocdol-cal  nar- 
ralive  that  the  vrork  will  ha  found  interesting  by  all  classes  nf  readers.  —  London  Bankert'  Maganiu. 


PRIZE   ESSAYS    FOR    BANKERS. 


THE  BANKERS'  MAGAZINE  AND  STATISTICAL  REGISTER  CON- 
TAINS THE  P^OLLOWING  PRIZE  ESSAYS,  WHICH  DESERVE  THE 
CONSIDERATION   OF  BANK   OFFICERS. 

I. 

SuGUESTioNS  TO  Young  Cashiers  on  the  Duties  of  their  Profession. 
By  Lorenzo  Sabine,  of  Framinghaw,  Massachusetts. 

***  To  the  author  of  this  Essay  rras  axBurdtd  the  prtmium  of  one  hundred  dollars,  offered  by  the 
editor  of  the  Banhcra'  Magazine. 


On   the  Adaptation   of   Recent  Inventions   to  the  Purposes  op 
Practical  Banking.     By  Granville  Sharp,  of  Norwich. 

I.   On  Architectural  Models  that  may  suqf/est  Improvements  in  the  Banking  House  or 

O'ifice. 

I.  Doors,  Windows,  and  Shutters.  2.  Acoustic  Tul)e3.  3.  Wind  Guards  and  Cowl3  for  ChimneyB. 
4.   Fireproof  Floors,  Ceilings,  and  Koofs. 

II.  On  Light,  Heat,  and  Ventilation. 
L  Light, —Gas,  Candles.     2    Heal.     3.  Ventilation.     4.  Health  and  Comfort  of  Bank  Clerks. 

ni.  On  Discoveries  in  the  Fine  Arts,  by  which  the  Interior  of  a  Bank  may  be  decorated. 

IV.  On  Discoveries  by  which  the  Bank  Furniture  may  be  rendered  more  commodious. 

1  Door  Balances.  2.  Bi!vel  Lift  Latch.  3.  Self-acting  Door  Fa.stenirig9.  4.  Floor  Cloth.  5.  Scraper 
and  Foot  Brush.  6.  Tahle  Bells  7.  Pedestal  Coal  Vases.  8.  Folding  Library  Steps.  9.  Fire  Annihi- 
lalor  10.  New  Venetian  Blind.s.  II.  BaiikConiiier  and  Money  Drawers, — new  plans.  12.  Safety 
Collection  Boxes  and  Fixtures.     13.  Specie  Travelling  Trunks. 

V.  Improvements  in  Writing- Paper,  Pens,  Ink,  Account- Books,  Scales,  Letter- Copy i'Vj 
Machines,  and  other  Instruments  used  in  carrying  on  the  Business. 

1.  Improvements  in  Paper.  2  Chemical  Paper  for  Checks.  3.  IMelallic  Paper.  4.  Brown  and  Blol- 
tina  Papers.  5.  Envelopes.  6.  Gold  ami  Steel  Pens  and  Handles.  7.  Ink  and  Ink-Bottles.  8.  Account- 
Books  9.  Account-Book  Rulins.  10.  VV^eighing  Machines.  11.  Decimal  Balances.  12.  Letter-Copy- 
ing Machines.  13.  Screw  Copying  Presses.  14  Paper  Dampers,  l.j.  Patent  .Autographic  Press 
16  Maiiifolil  Writer.  17.  Stamping  and  Printing  Presses,  Seals,  and  Letter  Clips.  13.  Numerical 
Stamping  Machines.     19.  Enihossing  Presses.     20.  Seals. 

VI.  Improvements  tn  frinting  and  Engraving, 
1.  Engraving  and  Printing  Bank  Checks.    2.  Bank-notes.    3.  Cutting  Notes.    4.  Notes  in  Duplicate 

VII.  New  Inventions  in  the  Construction  of  Locks  and  Safes. 

1.  Patent  Bank  Locks.  2.  Guarded  Tumbler  Locks.  3.  Letter  Locks.  4.  Iron  Safes.  6.  Fo-eign 
Safes. 

*♦*  To  the  author  of  this  Essay  ( Clerk  i>i  the  East  of  England  Bank,  Noneich)  teas  ateardti  the 
premtmn  of  one  hundred  pounds  sterling,  offered  by  James  W.  Gilbart,  Usq.,  of  the  London  and 
Westmiiisier  Bank. 


D3~  In  press,  for  the  Bankers'  Magazine,  "  A  Manual  for  Notaries  Public,  comprising  a  Summary 
of  the  Law  of  Bills  of  Exchange  and  Promissory  Notes,  with  Forms,  itc." 

All  irders  for  the  Bankers'  Magazine  to  be  forwarded  per  mail. 

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The  Bankers'  MAaAZii^E  for  September,  1854,  contains,  entire,  the  noted  case  of  Ellis  4 
Morton  vs.  The  Ohio  Life  Insueanck  and  Trust  Company,  with  the  decision  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Cincinnati,  as  delivered  by  Judge  Stoker,  revised  by  him,  and  furnished  for  pahiica- 
tion  in  the  Bankers'  Magazine.  Also,  a  summary  of  all  the  cases  (forty  in  number)  referred  to  by 
the  Court,  from  the  English  and  American  reports ;  these  have  now  been  brought  together  for  the 
first  time,  and  form  a  valuable  series  of  cases  for  the  Banker,  upon  the  subject  of  Fraudulent 
Bills,  Bank  Checks,  Bank  Notes. 


SUMMARY     OF     CASES. 

Enolish  Cases. — 1.  Young  vs.  Grnte  ;  2.  Snnw  vs.  Peacock  ;  3.  Beckwith  vs.  Cnrratl ;  4.  Slater  V8.  West , 
5.  AtlimanvB.  Anderson;  6.  Goodman  vs.  Harvey;  7.  Uther  vs.  Rick;  8.  Foster  vs.  Pears'm  ;  9.  Ilramah  v». 
Roberts;  10.  Price  vs.  Neal ;  11.  Wilkinson  vs.  Lutividge  ;  12.  Jenyns  vs.  Fowler;  13  ISas.'i  vs.  Clive  ;  M 
Smith  vs.  Mercer ;  15.  Jones  vs.  Hyile  ;  16.  Bruce  vs.  Bruce  ;  K.  Smith  vs.  Chester ;  18.  Lickbarmw  vs.  Mason  ; 
19.  Wilkinson  vs.  Johnson;  20.  Cook  vs.  Masterman ;  21.  GUI  vs  Cuhitt ;  22.  Down  vs.  Hailing;  23.  Jiall 
vs.  Fuller ;  24.  Lawson  vs,  Weston  ;  25.  Crook  vs.  yarfi* ;  26.  Backhouse  vs.  Harrison. 

American  Casks. — 1.  Levy  vs  Bank  U.  S.  ;  2.  Sank  V.  S.  vs.  Bank  State  of  Georgia;  3.  Gloucester  Sank 
vs.  Salem  Bank  ;  4.  Bank  of  SI.  Albans  vs.  Farmers'  and  Mechanics''  Bank ;  5.  Bank  of  Commerce  vs.  Union 
Bank,  N.  Y.  ;  6.  Goddard  vs.  Merchants'  Bank  ;  7.  Marsh  vs.  Small  ;  8.  CiV;/  Bank,  JV.  O.,  vs.  Girard  Bank  ; 
9.  //er/  l^  Co.,  vs.  Schultz  ;  10.  Powell  vs.  Jones  ;  11.  Talbot  vs.  Bank  of  Rochester  ;  12.  Canal  Bank  vs.  .ffiniA 
of  Albany ;  13.  Cone  vs.  Baldwin;  14.  VfAee/er  TS.  Guild;  15.  Adams  vs.  Otterback  ;  16.  UVfSi^r  V9.  JVV.r/A 
Ritier  .Su  rti,  JV.  V. 

Every  Bank  and  Private  Banker,  Bank  Officer  and  Bank  Director  should  have  a  ccpj  0/ 
these  decisions. 

The  present  volume  of  the  Bankers'  Magazine  will  contain  a  History  of  Banking  in  Tennassee. 
Kentucky,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Louisiana,  and  other  States  ;  an  alphabetical  list  of  cashiers  in  tii*- 
United  States;  a  list  of  private  bankers  in  every  town  and  city  of  the  United  States. 

Monthly,  Five  Dollars  per  annum.     All  orders  to  be  addressed 

J.  SMITH  HOMANS,  70  Wan  Street,  N.  Y. 


Fron.t  Massachusetts  Cashier. — I  read  your  work  with  great  interest,  and  I  know  that  1  have  profited  by 
It.  I  am  coiifldent  that  my  success  is  owing  in  a  great  measure  to  the  mforination  which  y  )ur  jiages  have 
given  me. 

I  consider  your  work  a  very  valuable  one,  and  highly  deserving  the  support  of  bankers,  and  cf  the  businesu. 
community.     You  have  my  best  wishes  for  your  success. 

April,  1851.  •'.  R  Plums,  Caskutt.  Albany. 


Your  periodical  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  the  day. 
April,  1851. 


J.  S.  GiBBriNs.  I'a-ffVr  Ocenn  Bank,  N.  Y. 


Jlgrtcultuja,   hank.  Herkuner,  /V.    Y. 

We  prize  the  work  very  highly,  and  are  very  desirous  of  having  It  rniii(i|eie,  u- 1^  H  may  be  ^M>lull^  nvA  pr- 
scrved.  The  information  it  contaiiiS  on  the  subjects  of  banking  and  Gnamu  is  inrn'tiable  to  ttio  t>i;;ier,  u.. 
merchant,  and  the  tliiancier. 

September,  1850.  

I  am  surprised  to  learn  mat  mere  are  so  many  hanks  In  our  Slate  not  00  your  suh.'criplion  list.  Nr>w  1 
Biifht  almost  add  my  amazement  that  there  should  bo  a  solitart/ one.  of  sMini  character,  iim  eagerly  avMihri" 
Itself  of  a  work  so  useful  and  valuable  as  1  regard  your  Mug'»zitie.  Ii  will  give  me  pleasure  to  pniniore  iIr  cir 
culation  by  any  means  in  my  power. 

1  heard  it  very  highly  spoken  of  In  London  when  there  recently,  and  especially  so  by  Mr.  Gilbart.  whiwo 
praise  in  thai  roT"—'  ••  '"orlh  having. 


IMPORTANT    BANKING    DOCUMENTS 

FOR   THE    USE    OF 

BANK  OFFICERS,  DIRECTORS,  PRIVATE  BANKERS,    &c. 

Contained  in  the  new  Volume  of  the  Bankers'  Magazine,  July,  1855  — June,  1856. 

Copies  of  tlie  Volume  supplied  to  order,  in  Numhers,%d, or  substantially  bound,%a  75. 

I.  FOREIGN  BANKS.— 1.  An  Account  of  the  French  "  Societe  de  Credit  Mobilier."  2.  Bank 
of  British  Nortli  America.  3.  Bank  of  Commerce  and  Industry,  DariT:9ta<lt,  4.  Bank  of  Frankfort,  O.  M. 
5.  Tlie  Landes  Bank,  Dessau.  6.  Canada  Banks.  7.  London  and  Westminster  Bank.  8.  New  South  Wales. 
9.  Bank  of  Northern  (Jermany,  iramburcj.  10.  l!ank  of  France.  U.  J'>anks  of  Ireland.  12,  Banks  of  Scot- 
land. 13.  Austrian  Bank  du  Credit  Mobilier.  14.  The  Eoyal  Bank  of  Prussia.  15.  Bank  of  San  Fern.T.ndo, 
Madrid. 

II.  CURRENCY  OR  MONEY. — Its  Natui-e  and  Uses,  and  the  Effects  of  the  Circulation 
of  Bank  Notes  as  Currency.    By  UoBEitT  Hooper,  Esq.,  of  Boston. 

III.  BANK  REDEMPTION.— Proceedings  of  a  Convention  of  Bank  Officers  at  Syracuse, 
New  York,  to  establish  a  "  Bank  of  Mutual  Redemption"  for  the  Banks  of  the  State. 

IV.  LOCAL  BANK  HISTORY.— 1.  Livingston  County  Bunk.Geueseo,  N.  Y.  2.  Frank- 
lin Bank,  of  Baltimore. 

V.  RAIL-ROADS. — Decision  of  the  Superior  Court  of  New  York,  in  the  Case  of  Mechan- 
ics' Bank,  N.  Y.,  vs.  New  York  and  New  Haven  Rail-Road  Co.    2.  Plan  for  a  Clearing  House  for  Railways. 

VI.  LIFE  INSURANCE. — Principles  of  Life  Insurance.  By  Geouge  Siieppard,  Actuary, 
Toronto,  Canada.  2.  Proceedings  of  the  London  "  Society  of  Actuaries."  3.  Births,  Marringes  and  Deaths  of 
White  and  Free  Colored  in  each  State,  and  ratio  to  Population.    4.  Sketch  of  the  Tontine.  New  York. 

VIL  BANK  ARCHITECTURE.— 1.  Engraved  Views  of  recent  Bank  Buildings  in  tlie 
City  of  New  York.  2.  Premium  Plans  for  Banking  Houses.  3.  A  Description  of  the  new  Banking  Houses 
in  New  York.  4.  Remarks  on  Bank  Architecture,  and  the  principles  that  should  be  followed  in  the  construc- 
tion of  Banking  Houses.  5.  Prize  Essay  on  Banking— Suggestions  to  young  Cashiers  on  the  Duties  of  their 
Profession.     Bv  Hon.  Lorekzo  Sabink,  of  Massachusetts. 

VIII.  STATE  FINANCES.— 1.  Missouri.  2.  Texas.  3.  Tennessee.  4.  Illinois.  5.  Mas- 
sachusetts.   6.  Pennsylvania.    7.  Maryland.    8.  Kentucky. 

IX.  COINS,  COINAGE  AND  BULLION.— 1.  Report  of  the  United  States  Mint  for  the 
year  1S55.  2.  Rates  for  the  Purchase  of  Silver  by  the  Mint.  3.  Is  Silver  a  Legal  Tender  by  the  Laws  of  the 
United  States?  4.  New  Jersey  Horse-head  Coins.  5.  Trial  of  the  I'yx.  6.  Annual  Report  on  British  Coin- 
age. 7.  Proceedings  of  the  Numismatic  Society.  London.  8.  Gold  and  Silver  in  Circulation  each  year  since 
1T90.    9.  Notes  onlhe  History  of  the  English  Coinage.     By  Professor  De  Morgan. 

X.  THE  UNITED  STATES.— L  Annual  Wheat  Crop  of.  2.  Colonial  Population.  3. 
Population.  4.  Cotton  Crop  of,  each  year  since  1S24.  5.  Imports  and  Exports.  6.  Progress  of,  since  the 
yearlSOO.  7.  Tonnage  of.  S.  Foreign  Wool  consumed  in.  9.  Rail-Roads  of.  10.  Report  on  the  Sub-Trea- 
sury of  11.  Gold,  Silver  and  Bank'CircuIation  of,  each  year  since  1792.  12.  Bank  Capital  of  each  State. 
13.  An  Account  of  the  several  Executive  Departments  of  the  United  States,  Washington. 

XI.  BANK  FRAUDS. — Proceedings  in  the  late  Case  of  Davidson  and  Gordon,  London, 
Messrs.  Strahan,  Pauls  <fc  Bates,  Bankers,  London. 

XII.  THE  CLEARING  HOUSE  OF  NEW  YORK.— Annual  Report  upon. 

XIH.  LEGAL  MISCELLANY— Recent  Cases  in  reference  to.  1.  Notice  of  Protest- 
Defective  Notice.  2.  Agency.  3.  Bank  Notes— Insolvency.  4.  Promissory  Notes.  5.  Law  of  Set-Off— Bunk 
Deposits.  6.  Redemption  of  Bank  Bills.  7.  Circulati'm  of  Foreign  Bank  Notes.  8.  Mortgage— Insolvency. 
9.  Bank  Balances.  10.  Liability  of  Banks  for  Stolen  Notes.  11.  Banks  and  Banking.  12.  Bills  ol  Exchange. 
13.  Corporations.  14.  Rail-Roads.  15.  Marine  and  Fire  Insurance.  16.  Life  Insurance.  17.  Rail-Road  Tax. 
18.  Rail-Road  Bonds— Usury.    19.  Illegal  Bank  Contracts. 

XIV.  THE  STOCK  MARKET.— Tables  of  the  Fluctuations  of  the  New  York  Stock 
Market  for  each  month  of  the  year  1855,  and  to  June,  1S56. 

XV.  CASHIERS. — On  the  Rights,  Duties  and  Liabilities  of  a  Cashier. 

XVL  GRAIN— Tabular  Details  of  the  Production  of  Wheat  in  each  State  of  the  Union 
for  the  years  1847, 1S50  and  1S5.5. 

XVH.  BANKING  DECISIONS  OF  THE  SEVERAL  STATES.- L  New  York.  2.  Mas- 
sachusetts.   8.  Pennsylvania.    4.  Maine.    5.  Maryland.     6.  North  Carolina.    7.  Indiana.    8.  Kentucky. 

XVIH.  NEW  BANK  LAWS.— 1.  Maryland.     2.  Tennessee.     3.  Ohio. 

XIX.  THE  COTTON  CROP.— 1.  Production— Stocks— Exports  and  Domestic  Consutnp- 
lion  of  the  United  States,  1821— lS5i).    2.  Progress  of  the  Cotton  Trade  in  India. 

XX.  COMMERCE. — The  History  of  Cooiinerce  from  the  Earliest  Times  to  the  Present 
(Encvclopedia  Britannica.) 

XXI.  PRIVATE  BANKERS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES.— List  of  Private  Bankers  in 
every  Town  and  City. 

XXH.  FINANCLAL  REVIEVf  OF  THE  YEAR  1855.— Embracing  the  leading  Financial 
events  of  each  month. 

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THE 


UNITED  STATES  TARIFFS 


OF 


18-46  and  1857, 


ARRANGED    IN    ALPHABETICAL    ORDER,    SHOWING   THE    COM- 
PARATIVE   RATES   OF   DUTY    ON    EACH   ARTICLE    FOR 
EACH  YEAR,   [tHE  TARIFF  OF  1857  TO  GO  INTO 
EFFECT    ON    THE  30tH  OF  JUNE,   1857;] 


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AN  INTRODUCTION, 

SHOWING   THE   CHANGES   THAT   HAVE   BEEN   MADE   IN  THE   UNITED 
STATES  TARIFFS  FROM  THE  YEAR  1789  TO  THE  YEAR  1856, 

AND    THE 

TARIFF  ACT  WHICH  PASSED  CONGRESS  MARCH  3d,  1867. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


We  have  tad  prepared,  from  an  official  copy  of  the  New  TariflF  Act, 
by  a  gentleman  whose  long  connection  with  the  Treasury  Department 
peculiarly  fitted  him  for  the  task,  the  following  tabular  statement  of 
the  rates  of  ad  valorem  duties  which  will  be  imposed  on  and  after  the 
first  day  of  July,  1857.  In  regard  to  Importations  prior  to  July,  1857, 
section  fourth  of  the  Act  provides : — "  That  all  goods,  wares  and  mer- 
chandise which  shall  be  in  the  public  stores  on  the  first  day  of  July 
aforesaid,  shall  be  subject,  on  entry  thereof  for  consumption,  to  no 
other  duty  than  if  the  same  had  been  imported  respectively  after  that 
day." 

There  is  a  degree  of  vagueness  in  some  of  the  provisions  of  the  New 
Act  which  must  ultimately  be  construed  either  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  or  the  United  States  Courts.  For  instance :  the  Act  places 
in  Schedule  I.  (free)  ^^ paintings  and  statuary ;"  now  the  question  will 
arise,  whether  "  paintings  "  means  paintings  on  canvass,  or  whether  it 
includes  painting  on  glass  or  porcelain.  So,  too,  in  regard  to  some 
articles  of  fruits  and  drugs,  differences  of  opinion  may  arise.  But  our 
purpose  has  been  to  present,  under  a  literal  construction  of  the  law, 
the  rates  of  duties  to  be  levied  on  the  principal  articles  of  commerce, 
without  entering  into  minute  details,  which  find  their  more  appropriate 
place  in  a  reference  book. 

It  is  particularly  important  that  merchants  should  render  themselves 
familiar  with  the  provisions  of  the  New  Tarifl";  for  it  provides,  that 
after  the  first  of  July,  "  the  decision  of  the  Collector  of  the  Customs  at 
the  port  of  importation  and  entry,  as  to  their  liability  to  duty  or  ex- 
emption therefrom,  shall  be  final  and  conclusive  against  the  the  owner, 
importer,  consignee  or  agent  of  any  goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  un- 
less the  owner,  importer,  consignee  or  agent  shall,  within  ten  days 
after  such  entry,  give  notice  to  the  Collector,  in  writing,  of  his  dissatis- 


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fa^t'idn  witt  such  decision,  setting  forth  therein,  distinctly  and  specifi- 
cally, his  grounds  of  objection  thereto,  and  shall,  within  thirty  days 
after  the  date  of  such  decision,  appeal  therefrom  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  -whose  decision  on  such  appeal  shall  be  final  and  con- 
clusive ;  and  the  said  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  shall  be  liable  to 
duty  or  exempted  therefrom  accordingly — any  act  of  Congress  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding — unless  suit  shall  be  brought  within  thirty 
days  after  such  decision  for  any  duties  that  may  have  been  paid,  or 
may  hereafter  be  paid  on  said  goods,  or  within  thirty  days  after  the 
duties  shall  have  been  paid,  in  cases  where  such  goods  shall  be  in 
bond." 

The  following  are  the  changes  in  the  Tariff"  since  the  year  1789  : 

Date.  Character  of  Change. 

1789— July     4 First  Tariff  adopted. 

1790— Aug.  10 General  Change. 

1791— March  3,  General  " 

1792— May     2 General  " 

1794— June     5,  Special  " 

7, General  " 

1795— Jan.    29 General  " 

1797— March  3,  General  " 

July     8,  Special  " 

1800— May  13, Special  « 

1804— Mar.   26,  27, Special  " 

1812— July     1,  Special  " 

1813— July  29,  Special  " 

1816— Feb.     5,  Special  "  Apiil  29  General 

1818— April  20 Special 

1819— March  3, Special  " 

1824— May   22,  General  " 

1828— May   19 General  "  May  24,  Special. 

1830— May   20,  Special  «  May  29,     " 

1832— July  13 Special  "  July  14,  General. 

1833— March  2,  Special  "  Mar.    2,  Comp'se. 

1841— Sept.  11 General  « 

1842— Aug.  30, General  " 

1846— July  30, General  " 

1848— Mar.  29,  ..,...: Special  " 

1848— Aug.  13, Special  « 

1849-^an.    26,  Special  « 

1867— Mar.     3 General  " 

Year  1824. — The  Tariff"  change  of  this  year  created  considerable  dis- 
cussion and  feeling.  The  duties  collected  that  year  were  $17,878,000, 
with  a  population  of  12,000,000,  or  $1  50  for  each  individual. 


Introduction.  iii 

1828. — The  general  change  this  year  was  accompanied  by  a  slight 
increase  of  duties,  viz.:  $22,681,000. 

1832. — Another  general  change  took  place,  followed  by  a  rapid 
increase  of  duties  after  1834,  viz. : 

Year.  Dvtiet. 

1833, $29,032,000 

1834, 16,214,000        $1  10  per  head. 

1886, 19,391,000 

1836 23,409,000        $1  60  per  head. 

The  collapse  of  1837  led  to  a  reaction,  and  the  duties  diminished  for 
183*7-8,  showing  as  follows  : 

Year.  Duties,  Population. 

1837, $11,169,000 

1838, 16,158,000 

1839 23,137,000 

1840, 13,499,000     17,063,00C 

1841 14,467,000 

1842, 18,187,000 

Since  the  latter  date  the  dues  have  increased  from  $1  per  head  to 
about  $5  50  per  head,  viz. : 

Year.  Amount  DuUee.  Tear.  Amount  Dutiet. 

1846-7 $23,747,000         1851-2 $47,329,000 

1847-8 31,757,000         1852-3, 58,931,000 

1848-9, 28,346,000         1853-4, 64,224,000 

1849-50, 39,688,000         1854-5, 53,025,000 

1850-1 49,017,000         1855-6, 64,022,000 

Since  the  year  1789,  the  aggregate  revenue  from  all  sources  has 
been  $1,886,740,084,  viz. : 

From  Customs, $1,327,151,592 

From  Public  Lands, 164,088,855 

From  Miscellaneous, 395,519,636 


Total  returns, $1,886,740,084 

Total  disbursements, 1,837,721,045 

For  a  period  of  nearly  68  years,  viz,,  from  March  4,  1789,  to  June  30^ 
1856. 


NEW  TARIFF  ACT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

[Approved  March  3,  1851.] 


AN    ACT 
Reducing  the  Duty  on  Imports,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Bepresentatives  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled,  That  on  and  after 
the  first  day  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  ad  valorem 
duties  shall  be  imposed,  in  lieu  of  those  now  imposed  upon  goods, 
■wares  and  merchandise  imported  from  abroad  into  the  United  States, 
as  follows,  viz. : 

Upon  the  articles  enumerated  in  Schedules  A.  and  B.  of  the  tarifi"  act 
of  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-six,  a  duty  of  thirty  per  centum,  and 
upon  those  enumerated  in  Schedules  C,  D.,  E,,  F.,  G.  and  H.  of  said 
act,  the  duties  of  twenty-four  per  centum,  nineteen  per  centum,  fifteen 
per  centum,  twelve  per  centum,  eight  per  centum  and  four  per  centum, 
respectively,  with  such  exceptions  as  hereinafter  made ;  and  all  articles 
so  imported  as  aforesaid,  and  not  enumerated  in  the  said  schedules,  nor 
in  Schedule  I.,  shall  pay  a  duty  of  fifteen  per  centum. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  manufactures  composed 
wholly  of  cotton,  which  are  bleached,  printed,  painted  or  dyed,  and 
de  laines,  shall  be  transferred  to  Schedule  C. 

Japanned  leather,  or  skins  of  all  kinds,  shall  be  transferred  to  Sche- 
dule D. 

Ginger,  green,  ripe,  dried,  preserved  or  pickled  ;  ochreys  and  ochrey 
earths,  medicinal  roots,  leaves,  gums  and  rosins  in  a  crude  state,  not 
otherwise  provided  for ;  wares,  chemical,  earthen  or  pottery,  of  a 
capacity  exceeding  ten  gallons,  shall  be  transferred  to  Schedule  E. 

Borate  of  lime  and  codella,  or  tow  of  hemp  or  flax,  shall  be  trans- 
ferred to  Schedule  F. 

Antimony,  crude  orregulus  of;  barks  of  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for  ;  camphor,  crude  ;  cantharides  ;  carbonate  of  soda  ;  emery. 


iv  The  New  Tariff  Act. 

in  lump  or  pulverized ;  fruits,  green,  ripe  or  dried  ;  gums,  Arabic,  Bar- 
bary,  copal,  East  India,  Jeddo,  Senegal,  substitute,  tragacanth,  and  all 
other  gums  and  rosins,  in  a  crude  state ;  machinery  exclusively  de- 
signed and  expressly  imported  for  the  manufacture  of  flax  and  linen 
goods  ;  sponges  ;  tin  in  plates  or  sheets,  galvanized  or  ungalvanized  ; 
woods,  namely,  cedar,  lignumvitae,  ebony,  box,  granadilla,  mahogany, 
rosewood,  satin  wood,  and  all  cabinet  woods,  shall  be  transferred  to 
Schedule  G. 

Acids,  acetic,  benzoic,  boracic,  citric,  muriatic,  white  and  yellow? 
oxalic,  pyroligenous  and  tartaric,  and  all  other  acids  of  every  descrip- 
tion used  for  chemical  or  manufacturing  purposes,  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for  ;  aloes ;  amber ;  ambergris ;  anise  seed ;  annate,  roucon  or 
Orleans ;  arsenic ;  articles  not  in  a  crude  state,  used  in  dyeing  or  tanning, 
not  otherwise  provided  for  ;  assafoetida ;  asphaltum ;  barilla ;  bleaching 
powder,  or  chloride  of  lime ;  borax,  crude  ;  boucho  leaves  ;  brimstone, 
crude,  in  bulk ;  cameos,  mosaics,  diamonds,  gems,  pearls,  rubies  and 
other  precious  stones  (not  set) ;  chalk ;  clay  ;  cochineal ;  cocoa,  cocoa- 
nuts  and  cocoa  shells ;  cork  tree  bark ;  cream  of  tartar ;  extract  of 
indigo  ;  extracts  and  decoctions  of  logwood  and  other  dye  woods,  not 
otherwise  provided  for ;  extract  of  madder  ;  flint,  ground ;  grindstones ; 
gutta  percha,  unmanufactured  ;  India  rubber  in  bottles,  slabs  or  sheets, 
unmanufactured;  India  rubber,  milk  of;  nd  lac  spirits;  lac  sul- 

phur ;  lastings,  cut  in  strips  or  patterns  of  the  size  and  shape  for  shoes, 
slippers,  boots,  bootees,  gaiters,  or  buttons  exclusively,  not  combined 
with  India  rubber ;  manufactures  of  mohair  cloth,  silk  twist  or  other 
manufactures  of  cloth  suitable  for  the  manufacture  of  shoes,  cut  in 
slips  or  patterns  of  the  size  and  shape  for  shoes,  slippers,  boots,  bootees, 
gaiters  or  buttons  exclusively,  not  combined  with  India  rubber ;  music 
printed  with  lines,  bound  or  unbound;  oils,  palm,  teal  and  cocoa-nut; 
Prussian  blue  ;  soda  ash  ;  spices  of  all  kinds  ;  watch  materials  and  un- 
finished parts  of  watches  and  woad,  or  pastel,  shall  be  transferred  to 
Schedule  H. 

Sec.  3.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  on  and  after  the  first  day 
of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  the  goods,  wares  and  mer- 
chandise mentioned  in  Schedule  L,  made  part  thereof,  shall  be  exempt 
from  duty  and  entitled  to  free  entry. 

ScnEDULE  I. 

All  books,  maps,  charts,  mathematical,  nautical  instruments,  philo- 
sophical apparatus,  and  all  other  articles  whatever  imported  for  the  use 
of  the  United  States. 


The  New  Tariff  Act.  v 

All  philosophical  apparatus,  instruments,  boots,  maps  and  charts ; 
statues,  statuary,  busts  and  casts  of  marble,  bronze,  alabaster  or  plaster 
of  Paris ;  paintings  and  drawings ;  etchings  ;  specimens  of  sculpture  ; 
cabinets  of  coins,  medals,  gems,  and  all  collections  of  antiquities :  Pro- 
vided^ The  same  be  specially  imported,  in  good  faith,  for  the  use  of  any 
society  incorporated  or  established  for  philosophical  or  literary  pur- 
poses, or  for  the  encouragement  of  the  fine  arts,  or  for  the  use  or  by 
the  order  of  any  college,  academy,  school  or  seminary  of  learning  in 
the  United  States. 

Animal  carbon  (bone  black)  ;  animals,  living,  of  all  kinds ;  argol,  or 
crude  tartar ;  articles  in  a  crude  state  used  in  dyeing  or  tanning  not 
otherwise  provided  for. 

Bark,  Peruvian ;  bells,  old,  and  bell  metal ;  berries,  nuts,  flowers, 
plants  and  vegetables  used  exclusively  in  dyeing,  or  in  composing 
dyes,  but  no  article  shall  be  classed  as  such  that  has  undergone  any 
manufacture ;  bismuth ;  bitter  apples ;  bolting  cloths ;  bones,  burnt, 
and  bone  dust. 

Books,  maps  and  charts  imported  by  authority  of  the  Joint  Library 
Committee  of  Congress  for  the  use  of  the  library  of  Congress  :  Pro- 
vided, That  if,  in  any  case,  a  contract  shall  have  been  made  with  any 
bookseller,  importer  or  other  person  for  books,  maps  or  charts,  in  which 
contract  the  bookseller,  importer  or  other  person  aforesaid  shall  have 
paid  the  duty,  or  included  the  duty  in  said  contract,  in  such  case  the 
duty  shall  not  be  remitted. 

Brass  iu  bars  and  pigs,  or  when  old,  and  fit  only  to  be  remanufac- 
tured ;  Brazil  wood,  braziletto,  and  all  other  dye  woods  in  sticks ;  bul- 
lion, gold  and  silver  ;  burr  stones,  wrought  or  unwrought,  but  unmanu- 
factured. 

Cabinets  of  coins,  medals  and  other  collections  of  antiquities  ;  coflfee 
and  tea,  when  imported  direct  from  the  place  of  their  growth  or  pro- 
duction in  American  vessels,  or  in  foreign  vessels  entitled  by  reciprocal 
treaties  to  be  exempt  from  discriminating  duties,  tonnage  and  other 
charges ;  coffee,  the  growth  or  production  of  the  possessions  of  the 
Netherlands,  imported  from  the  Netherlands  in  the  same  manner; 
coins,  gold,  silver  and  copper ;  copper  ore ;  copper,  when  imported  for 
the  United  States  mint ;  copper,  in  pigs  or  bars,  or  when  old  and  fit 
only  to  be  remanufactured ;  cotton  ;  cutch. 

Dragon's  blood. 

Felt,  adhesive,  for  sheathing  vessels ;  flax,  unmanufactured. 

Garden  seeds  and  all  other  seeds  for  agricultural,  horticultural, 
medicinal  and  manufacturing  purposes,  not  otherwise  provided  for; 


vi  The  New  Tariff  Act. 

glass,  when  old  and  fit  only  to  be  remanufactured ;  goods,  wares  and 
merchandise,  the  growth,  produce  or  manufacture  of  the  United  States, 
exported  to  a  foreign  country  and  brought  back  to  the  United  States 
in  the  same  condition  as  when  exported,  upon  which  no  drawback  or 
bounty  has  been  allowed  :  Provided^  That  all  regulations  to  ascertain 
the  identity  thereof,  prescribed  by  existing  laws,  or  which  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  shall  be  complied  with ; 
guano. 

Household  effects,  old  and  in  use,  of  persons  or  families  from  foreign 
countries,  if  used  abroad  by  them,  and  not  intended  for  any  other  per- 
son or  persons,  or  for  sale. 

Ice ;  ivory,  unmanufactured. 

Junk,  old. 

Linseed,  but  not  embracing  flaxseed. 

Madder  root ;  madder,  ground  or  prepared ;  maps  and  charts ; 
models  of  inventions  and  other  improvements  in  the  arts ;  Provided, 
That  no  article  or  articles  shall  be  deemed  a  model  or  improvement 
which  can  be  fitted  for  use. 

Oakum  ;  oil,  spermaceti,  whale  and  other  fish,  of  American  fisheries, 
and  all  other  articles  the  produce  of  such  fisheries. 

Paintings  and  statuary  ;  palm  leaf,  unmanufactured ;  personal  and 
household  effects  (not  merchandise)  of  citizens  of  the  United  States 
dying  abroad  ;  plaster  of  Paris  or  sulphate  of  lime,  unground  ;  platina, 
unmanufactured. 

Rags  of  whatever  material,  except  wool ;  rattans  and  reeds,  unmanu- 
factured. 

Sheathing  copper,  but  no  copper  to  be  considered  such  and  admitted 
free,  except  in  sheets  of  forty-eight  inches  long  and  fourteen  inches 
wide,  and  weighing  from  fourteen  to  thirty-four  ounces  the  square 
foot ;  sheathing  metal,  not  wholly  or  in  part  of  iron,  ungalvanized ; 
shingle  bolts,  and  stave  bolts  ;  silk,  raw,  or  as  reeled  from  the  cocoon, 
not  being  doubled,  twisted  or  advanced  in  manufacture  in  any  way  ; 
specimens  of  natural  history,  mineralogy  or  botany ;  substances  ex- 
pressly used  for  manures. 

Tin  in  pigs,  bars  or  blocks ;  trees,  shrubs,  bulbs,  plants  and  roots, 
not  otherwise  provided  for. 

Wearing  apparel  in  actual  use,  and  other  personal  effects  (not  mer- 
chandise); professional  books,  implements,  instruments  and  tools  of 
trade,  occupation  or  employment,  of  persons  arriving  in  the  United 
States :  Provided,  That  this  exemption  shall  not  be  construed  to  in- 


The  New  Tariff  Act.  vii 

elude  macliinery  or  other  carticles  imported  for  use  ia  any  manufac- 
turing establishment,  or  for  sale. 

Sheep's  wool,  unmanufactured,  of  the  value  of  twenty  cents  per 
pound  or  less  at  the  port  of  exportation,  and  hair  of  the  alpacca,  the 
goat,  and  other  like  animals,  unmanufactured  ;  Provided^  That  any 
wool  of  the  sheep,  or  hair  of  the  alpacca,  the  goat  and  other  like 
animals,  which  shall  be  imported  in  any  other  than  the  ordinary  con- 
dition, as  now  and  heretofore  practiced,  or  which  shall  be  changed  in 
its  character  for  the  purpose  of  evading  the  duty,  or  which  shall  be 
reduced  in  value  by  the  intentional  admixture  of  dirt,  or  any  foreign 
substance,  to  twenty  cents  per  pound  or  less,  shall  be  subject  to  pay  a 
duty  of  twenty-four  per  centum,  ad  valorem^  any  thing  in  this  act  to 
the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  goods,  wares  and  mer- 
chandise which  shall  be  in  the  public  stores  on  the  first  day  of  July 
aforesaid,  shall  be  subject,  on  entry  thereof  for  consumption,  to  no 
other  duty  than  if  the  same  had  been  imported  respectively  after  that 
day. 

Sec.  5.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  on  the  entry  of  any  goods, 
wares  and  merchandise  imported  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  July  afore- 
said, the  decision  of  the  collector  of  the  customs  at  the  port  of  importa- 
tion and  entry,  as  to  their  liability  to  duty  or  exemption  therefrom,  shall 
be  final  and  conclusive  against  the  owner,  importer,  consignee  or  agent 
of  any  such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  unless  the  owner,  importer, 
consignee  or  agent  shall,  within  ten  days  after  such  entry,  give  notice 
to  the  collector,  in  writing,  of  his  dissatisfaction  with  such  decision, 
setting  forth  therein  distinctly  and  specifically  his  grounds  of  objection 
thereto,  and  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  date  of  such  decision, 
appeal  therefrom  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  whose  decision  on 
such  appeal  shall  be  final  and  conclusive ;  and  the  said  goods,  wares 
and  merchandise  shall  be  liable  to  duty  or  exempted  therefrom  ac- 
cordingly, any  act  of  Congress  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  unless 
suit  shall  be  brought  within  thirty  days  after  such  decision  for  any 
duties  that  may  have  been  paid  or  may  hereafter  be  paid  on  said 
goods,  or  within  thirty  days  after  the  duties  shall  have  been  paid,  in 
cases  where  such  goods  shall  be  iu  bond. 

Approved  March  3,  1857. 


viii  The  mw  Tarif  Act. 


AN    ACT 

To  amend  the  act  reducing  the  duty  on  imports,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses, passed  July  30th,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty -six. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United   States  of  America,  in   Congress  assembled,  That  the  eighth 
section  of  the  act  approved  July  thirty,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty- 
six,  and  entitled,  "  An  act  reducing  the  duty  on  imports,  and  for  other 
purposes,"  be  amended  as  follows  : 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
owner,  consignee  or  agent  of  imports  which  have  been  actually  pur- 
chased or  procured  otherwise  than  by  purchase,  on  entry  of  the  same, 
to  make  such  addition  in  the  entry  to  the  cost  or  value  given  in  the 
invoice  as,  in  his  opinion,  may  raise  the  same  to  the  true  market  value 
of  such  imports  in  the  principal  markets  of  the  country  whence  the 
importation  shall  have  been  made  ;  and  to  add  thereto  all  costs  and 
charges  which,  under  existing  laws,  would  form  part  of  the  true  value 
at  the  port  where  the  same  may  be  entered,  upon  which  the  duties 
should  be  assessed.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  collector,  within 
whose  district  the  same  may  be  imported  or  entered,  to  cause  the  du- 
tiable value  of  such  imports  to  be  appraised,  estimated  and  ascertained, 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  existing  laws  ;  and  if  the  appraised 
value  thereof  shall  exceed  by  ten  per  centum  or  more  the  value  so  de- 
clared on  the  entry,  then,  in  addition  to  the  duties  imposed  by  law  on 
the  same,  there  shall  be  levied,  collected  and  paid  a  duty  of  twenty 
per  centum  ad  valorem  on  such  appraised  value :  Provided,  neverthe- 
less. That  under  no  circumstances  shall  the  duty  be  assessed  upon  an 
amount  less  than  the  invoice  or  entered  value,  any  law  of  Congress  to 
the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Approved  March  3,  1857. 


ALPHABETICAL    ARRANGEMENT 


or  THS 


TARIFFS   OF  1846  AND  1857. 


A 

1846. 
Per  ct, 

Absynth 100 

"      oil  of,  or  wormwood  30 

Accordions. 20 

Acetate  of  lead,  or  white 

lead 20 

Acetate  of  potasse 20 

Acetic  acid 20 

Acetate  of  quicksilver.. ...  20 

Acid,  benzoic 20 

"    boracic, 20 

"    citric,   white   or  yel- 
low  20 

"     muriatic 20 

"    nitric,  or  nitric  fort . .  20 

"     oxalic 20 

"     pyroligneous 20 

"    tartaric,  in  crystals  or 

powder. 20 

"    sulphuric,  or  oil  of  vit- 
riol   10 

Acorns 20 

Acids,  all  kinds  of,  used  for 
chemical  or  medicinal  pur- 
poses, or  in  the  fine  arts, 
not    otherwise   provided 

for, 20 

Adhesive  felt,  for  ships'  bot- 
toms  free. 

Adhesive  plaster,  salve ....  30 

Adianthum 20 

Adzes 30 

Agates 10 


1857. 

Perct. 

30 
24 
15 

15 

15 

4 

15 

4 

4 

4 
4 

4 
4 
4 


8 
15 


free. 

24 

15 

24 

4 


1846.  1857. 

Perct.  PercL 

Agates,  bookbinders' 20  15 

Albata,  in  sheets  or  other- 
wise  30  24 

Alabaster    and  spar   orna- 
ments  40  SO 

Alba,  canella 20  15 

Alconorque  bark 5  4 

Ale,  in  bottles 30  24 

Ale,  otherwise  than  in  bot- 
tles    30  24 

Alkanet  root 20  15 

Alkennes 20  15 

Alspice,  oil  of 30  24 

Almonds 40  30 

"      paste 30  24 

Aloes 20  4 

Alum 20  15 

Amber 20  4 

"    beads 30  24 

"    oil  o£ 30  24 

Ambergris 20  4 

Amethyst 10  4 

Ammonia 10  8 

"        sal 10  8 

"        salts 10  8 

"        carb 10  8 

Ammoniac,  crude 10  8 

refined. 20  15 

bole 20  15 

Ammunition,    except    gun- 
powder and  musket  balls.   30  24 
Ammunition,  gunpowder, . .   20  15 
"           musket  balls. .  20  15 


TJ.  S.  Tariffs  oflUQ  and  1857. 


1846. 

1857. 

Perct. 

Perct 

Anchovies,  (in  oil) 40 

30 

(in  salt) 20 

15 

Angelica  root 20 

15 

Angora  gloves  and  mitts. . .  30 

24 

Animals,    all  ... ■. free. 

free. 

Animal   oil,   not   otherwise 

enumerated 20 

15 

Animal  carbon 20 

fz'ce 

Annatto 10 

4 

"      extract 20 

15 

Anise  seed 20 

4 

Antimony,  crude 20 

8 

Antique  oil 30 

24 

Antiquities 20 

free. 

Anj'  goods,  wares  or  mer- 

chandise of  the  growth, 

produce  or  manufacture 

of  the  United  States,   or 

of  its  fisheries,  upon  which 

no   drawback,  bounty  or 

allowance  have  been  paid.free. 

free. 

Apparatus,      philosophical. 

specially  imported  by  or- 

der and  for  the  use  of  any 

society  incorporated  for 

philosophical  or  literary 

purposes,  or  for  the  en- 

couragement of  the  fine 

arts,  or  by  order  and  for 

the  use  of  any  seminary 

of  learning,  school  or  col- 

lege within  the   United 

States  or  the  territories 

thereof free. 

free 

Apparel,  wearing  and  other 

personal   baggage  in  ac- 

tual use free 

free 

Aqua   ammonia,   or    harts- 

horn   30 

24 

Aqua  fortis 20 

4 

"      mellis,  or  honey  wa- 

ter   30 

24 

Arrack 100 

30 

Armenian,  bole 20 

15 

"          stone 20 

15 

Archelia,  archil,  or  orchelia,  20 

4 

"       if  a  vegetable  dye,    6 

free. 

1846.     1857. 
Per  ct.    Per  cL 

Argentine 30  24 

Argol 5       free. 

Arms,  fire 30  24 

"       side SO  24 

Arrowroot 20  15 

Arsenic,  all 15  4 

Articles  of  the  growth,  pro- 
duce or  manufacture  of 
the  U.  States,  or  its  territo 
ries,  brought  back  in  the 
same  condition  as  when 
exported,  and  on  which  no 
drawback  was  allowed. .  free.  free. 
Articles,  all,  composed  whol- 
ly or  chiefly  in  quantity  of 
gold,  silver,  pearl  and 
precious  stones,  not  other- 
wise specified 30  24 

Articles  not  in  a  crude  state, 
used  in  dyeing  or  tanning, 
not   otherwise    provided 

for 20  4 

Articles,  all,  not  free,  and 
not  subject  to  any  other 

rate  of  duty 20  15 

Articles  manufactured  from 
copper,  or  of  which  cop- 
per is  the  material  of 
chief  value,  not  other- 
wise specified 30  24 

Articles  worn  by  men,  wo- 
men or  children,  of  what- 
ever materials  composed, 
made  up  in  whole  or  in 
part  by  hand,  not  other- 
wise provided  for, 30  24 

Artificial  feathers 30  24 

Asphaltum 20  4 

Assafoetida 20  4 

Asses'  skin,  (or  parchment)    30  24 

"         imitation  of,  or 

parchment  . .   30  24 

Avaroot 20  15 

Augers 30  24 

Auripigmcntum,  or  orpiment  10  8 

Awlhafts 30  24 

Awls. 30  24 


U.  S,  Tariffs  oflUQ  and  1857. 


XI 


1846.   186T. 
Per  ct.  Per  ct 

Axes 30  24 

Axletrecs,  iron 30  24 

Ayr-stones 20  16 


B 


Bacon 20  15 

Baggage,  personal,  in  actual 

use free.  free. 

Bags,  bead,  made  in  part  by 

hand 30  24 

Bags,  grass 30  24 

"      gunny 20  15 

"      woollen 30  24 

"      worsted 25  19 

"      flax 20  15 

"      hemp 20  15 

"      carpet,  woollen 30  24 

"      silk 25  19 

"      carpet,  worsted 25  19 

"      carpet,  wool  or  worst- 
ed and  leather. . .   30  24 

Baizes 25  19 

Balls,  billiard 30  24 

"      wash 30  24 

Balm  of  Gilead 30  24 

Balsam,  copaiva 30  24 

"       of  Tolu 30  24 

"       medicinal 30  24 

"       all  kinds  of  cosmetic  30  24 
Bamboos,  unmanufactured.    10  free. 
Bark  of  cork  trees,  unman- 
ufactured    15  4 

"     Peruvian 15  free. 

"     all  not  specially  men- 
tioned    20  8 

Barege,  wool 30  24 

"      worsted,  or  silk  and 

worsted 25  19 

Barley 20  15 

"     pearl  or  hulled 20  15 

Barytes,  sulphate  of. 20  15 

Bar  wood  (a  dye  wood). . .     5  free 

Barilla 10  4 

Bastard  files so  24 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

Bass,  (inner  bark) 20 

Baskets,  wood  or  osier 30 

"      palm  leaf 30 

"       straw 30 

"      grass  or  whalebone  30 

Bast  ropes 25 

Battledores 30 

Bay  water,  or  Bay  rum. ...   30 
"   wax,  or  myrtle  wax. .  20 

BdeUium,  if  crude 20 

"       refined 20 

Beans,  tonkay 20 

"      vanilla. 20 

"      all  other  not  special- 
ly mentioned. ...   20 

Beam  knives 30 

Beam  scales 30 

Bed  feathers 25 

"    ticking,  linen 20 

"    ticking,  cotton 25 

"    caps 30 

"    screws 30 

"    sides,  as  carpeting. .. .   30 

Beef 20 

Beer,  in  bottles 30 

"    otherwise  than  in  bot- 
tles     30 

Bees  wax 20 

Bellows  pipes 30 

Bell  cranks 30 

"    levers 30 

"    pulls 30 

Bellows 30 

Belts,  sword  leather 30 

Benzoates 30 

Bed  spreads,  or  covers,  of 
the  scraps  of  printed  cali- 
coes, sewed 25 

Bells,  of  bell  metal,  fit  only 

to  be  re-manufactured. . .     5 
Bell  metal,  manufactured. .  30 

Bells,  silven 30 

"      gold 30 

Berries,  used  for  dyeing,  all 
exclusively,  in  a  crude 
state 5 


1857. 
Perct. 

8 

24 

24 

24 

24 
If) 
24 

16 

15 
15 

15 
15 

15 
24 
24 
19 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 
24 

24 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 


24 

free, 
24 
24 
24 


frea 


xu 


TI.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
Berries,  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for 20 

Bezoar  stones 20 

Bichromate  of  potash 20 

JJick  irons 30 

g  'nding,  carpet,  if  worsted  25 

cotton 25 

"       woollen 30 

"       worsted 25 

silk 25 

"      leather 30 

"       linen 20 

"       quality 25 

Bird's  eye  stuff,  linen 20 

"         worsted  stuflf.. . .   25 

Birds 20 

Bismuth 20 

oxide  of 20 

Bitts,  carpenters' 30 

Bitter  apple 20 

Bitumen 20 

Black,  lamp 20 

"      lead,  pots 30 

"      lead  powder 20 

Blacking 20 

Bladders 20 

Blacksmiths' hammers 30 

"  sledges 30 

Blankets,  all 20 

Blankets  of  mohair  or  goats' 

hair 20 

Bleaching  powders 10 

Blue,  guineas,  (see  cottons) .   25 

"     guinet 20 

Blooms,  iron  in 30 

Boards,  planed 20 

"       rough 20 

Bobbin, 25 

"      wire,  covered  with 

cotton 30 

Becking 25 

Bodkins,  all 30 

Boiler  plates 30 

Bologna  sausages 30 

Bolting  cloths 25 

Bolts,  composition 30 


1857. 

1846. 

1887. 

Perot 

Per  ct. 

Perct 

Bolt  rope,  as  cordage 25 

19 

15 

Bone,  black 20 

free 

15 

Bonnets,  Leghorn 30 

24 

15 

"       all 30 

24 

24 

Bonnet  wire,  covered  with 

19 

silk 25 

19 

24 

Bonnet  wire,  covered  with 

24 

cotton  thread,  if  wire  of 

19 

chief  value 30 

24 

19 

Boucho  leaves 20 

4 

24 

Bone  alphabets 30 

24 

15 

"    chessmen 30 

24 

19 

"     whale,  rosettes 30 

24 

15 

"     tip  and  bones 5 

4 

19 

"     whale,  other  manufac- 

free. 

tures  of 30 

24 

free. 

"     whale,     not    of     the 

15 

American  fisheries.  20 

16 

24 

"     manufactures  of 30 

24 

free. 

Boots 30 

24 

15 

"     laced,  silk  or  satin  for 

15 

children 30 

24 

24 

Bootees,  for  women  or  men. 

16 

silk 30 

24 

15 

Boots  and  bootees,  of  leath- 

16 

er 30 

24 

24 

Book   binders'   agates    fer- 

24 

rulea 20 

15 

16 

Books,  blank 20 

Books,  periodicals  and  other 

16 

15 

works  in  the  course   Ox 

4 

printing    and    republica- 

24 

tion  in  the  U.  S 20 

15 

15 

Books,   printed  magazines, 

24 

pamphlets,       periodicals 

15 

and  illustrated    newspa- 

15 

pers,  bound  or  unbound. 

24 

not   otherwise    provided 

for 10 

8 

24 

Books  of  engravings,  bound 

19 

or  unbound 10 

8 

24 

Books  and  instruments,  pro- 

24 

fessional,  of  persons   ar- 

24 

riving  in  the  U.  States.,  .free. 

free. 

free. 

Books,   specially    imported 

24 

for  the  use  of  schools,  <fec.  free. 

free. 

Tariffs  of  1S16  a^id  1857. 


xm 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

Boot  webb,  linen 20 

Borate  of  lime 20 

Borax,  or  tincal 25 

Botany,  specimens  in free. 

Bottles,  apothecaries,  ex- 
ceeding the  capacity  of 
6  and  not  exceeding  the  ca- 
pncit}^  of  IG  ounces  each.   30 

Bottles,  black  glass SO 

"        perfumery         and 
"        fancj',  not  exceed- 
ing 16  ounces. .   30 
Bottles,    (containing    wine 
only,)  if  purchased  sepa- 
rately from  the  wiue. ...  30 

Bougies 30 

Boxes,  gold  or  silver 30 

"      musical 20 

"      japanned  dressing. .   30 
"      cedar,  granadilla,  eb- 
ony, rose  and  satin  40 

"      all  other  wood 30 

"      sand,  of  tin 30 

Boxes,  shell,  not  otherwise 

enumerated 30 

Boxes,  if  paper   only,   not 

japanned 30 

Boxes,  snuff,  paper 30 

"       fancy,  not  otherwise 

specified 30 

Box  boards,  paper 30 

Bracelets,  gold  or  set 30 

gilt 30 

"         hair    30 

Braces,  carpenters',  without 

bitts 30 

Braces  and  bitts,  carpenters'  30 

Brace  bitts 30 

Braces  or  suspenders,  all. . .   30 

Brackets , , .   30 

Brads 30 

Braids,  cotton 25 

"       in     ornaments     for 

head  dresses 30 

Braids,  hair,  not  made  up 
for  head  dresses 30 


1857. 

Ter  ct. 

15 

12 

4 

free. 


24 

24 


24 


24 
24 
24 
15 
24 

SO 
24 
24 

24 

24 
24 

24 
24 
24 
24 
24 

24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 

24 

24 


1846.  1867. 

Purct.  I'erct. 

Braids,  hair,  made   up    for 

head  dresses 30  24 

Braids,  straw,   for   making 

bonnets  or  hats SO  24 

Brandy 100  30 

Brass,  manufactures  of,  not 

otherwise  enumerated ...   30  24 

Brass,  in  plates  or  sheets  . .   30  24 

"     in  bars 5  free. 

"     in  pigs 5  free. 

Brass,  old,  only  fit  to  be  re- 
manufactured  5  free. 

Brass,  wire 30  24 

"     rolled 30  24 

"     battery 30  24 

"     studs 30  24 

"     screws 30  24 

Braziers'   rods,   of    3-10   to 

10-16  of  an  inch  diameter  30  24 
Brazil    paste,   or   pasta   de 

Brazil 15  12 

Brazil  pebble 10  8 

"      pebbles  prepared  for 

spectacles 30  24 

Breccia 20  15 

Bricks 20  15 

Britannia  ware 30  24 

Bridles 30  24 

Brimstone,  crude 15  4 

"           rolled 20  15 

Bristol  stones ...  20  15 

"       boards 30  24 

"           "       perforated..  30  24 

Bristles 5  4 

Brodequins,  woollen 30  24 

"          leather 30  24 

Bronze  casts 30  24 

Bronze,  all  manufactures  of  30  24 

Bronze  metal  in  leaf 20  15 

"      powder 20  15 

Bronze,  pale,  yellow,  white 

and  red 20  15 

Bronze,  liquid,  gold  or  bronze 

color 20  15 

Brown,  rolls,  linen 20  15 

smalts 20  15 


XIV 


Tariffs  0/1846  and  1857. 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  cL 

Brooms,  all  kinds 30  24 

Bnicine 20  15 

Brushes  of  all  kinds 30  24 

Buckram 20  15 

Bugles,  glass,  if  cut 40  30 

glass,  if  not  cut 30  24 

Building  stones 10  8 

Bullets 20  15 

Bullrushes 20  15 

Bulbs,  or  bulbous  roots. , .  .free.  free. 

Bullion free.  free. 

Bunting. 25  19 

Burlaps 2o  15 

Burr  stones,  unwrought. . .   10  free. 

"             -wrought 10  free. 

Burgundy  pitch 25  19 

Busts,  lead 30  24 

Buttons,  metal,  all  kinds  of  25  19 

Buttons,  all  other. 25  19 

Button  moulds,  of  whatever 

material 25  19 

Buttons  with  links 25  19 

Butter. 20  15 

Butchers'  knives SO  24 

Butt  binges,  cast  iron 30  24 


c 

Cabinet  wares. 30  24 

Cables,  tarred,  untarred  or 

grass 25  19 

Cables,   iron   or    chain,    or 

parts  of 30  24 

Caddie  balls 30  24 

Cadmium 20  15 

Cajeput,  oil  of. 30  24 

Calamine 20  15 

Calx 20  15 

Caliminaris  lapis 20  15 

Calcined  magnesia 30  24 

Calomel,  and  all  other  mer- 
curial preparations 25  19 

Camblets,     of    mohair    or 

goats 25  19 

•  Cameos, 10  4 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Cameos  set 30 

Camels'  hair 10 

"  pencils,  in  quill,  30 

"  "       other..  30 

Camomile  flowers 20 

Camphor,  refined 40 

"         crude 25 

Canary  seed free. 

Crancrorum  oculi,  or  crab's 

eye 20 

Canella,  alba. 20 

Candlesticks,  alabaster....  40 
"  glass  cut. ...  40 

spa 40 

"  all  other 30 

Candles,  all 20 

Candy,  sugar 30 

Canes,  walking,  finished  or 

not 30 

Cannetille,  a  wire  ribbon. . .   30 

Cannon,  brass  or  iron 30 

Cantharides 20 

Canton  crapes 25 

Canvas,  for  floor  cloths  or 
wearing  apparel,  linen..   20 

Caoutchouc  gums 20 

Capers 30 

Cap  wire,  covered  with  silk  25 
"         covered  with  cot- 
ton thread. ...  30 
Caps  of  chip,  lace,  leather, 

cotton,  silk,  linen,  <fec. ...   30 
Caps,  gloves,  leggins,  mitts, 
socks,     stockings,     wove 
shirts  and  drawers,  and  all 


1857. 

Per  ct. 

24 

8 

24 

24 

15 

30 

8 

free. 

15 
15 
30 
30 
30 
24 
15 
24 

24 
24 
24 
8 
19 

15 

8 

24 

19 

24 

24 


similar   articles  made   in 

frames,  and  worn  by  men. 

women   or  children,   and 

not  otherwise  provided  for  SO 

24 

Cap  pieces  for  stills 30 

24 

Caps,  lace,  sewed  or  not. . .  30 

24 

Capsules 30 

24 

Carbines  or  carabines 30 

24 

Carbonate  of  magnesia 30 

24 

"         sal,  or  brinal   of 

soda 20 

8 

U.  S.  Tarifs  of  1846  and  1857. 


XV 


1846. 

Per  ct. 
Carbonate  of  Ammonia. ...   10 

"         of  Iron 20 

Carboj-s 30 

Carbuncles 10 

Cardamon  seed free. 

Card  cases,  of  whatever  ma- 
terial composed 30 

Cards,  playing,  visiting,  <kc.   30 

Carmine  water  color 30 

Carmine,  a  liquid  dye .... 
Caroline  plaids,  cot.  &  wool  30 

Carpeting,  Aubuysson 30 

"  matting 25 

Carpet  binding 25 

Carjiets      and       carpeting, 
Brussels,  ingrained,  treble 
ingrained,  Turkey,  Vene- 
tian, "Wilton,  oil  cloth. . .   30 
Carpets  and  carpeting,  straw  25 

Carpets,  Saxony 30 

Carriages  of  all  descriptions, 

and  parts  thereof 30 

Carriage  springs 30 

Carvers 30 

Casearilla 20 

Cashmere,  borders  of  wool, 

in  whole  or  in  part 30 

Cashmere  of  Thibet 25 

"         cloth 30 

"         gown       patterns, 
wool  being  a  component 

material 30 

Cashmere  gowns,  made. ...  30 
shawls,  Thibet. . .   30 
■'  "         wool   be- 

ing a  component  part. ...   30 
Casement  rods,  iron  for. ...  30 

Cases,  fish  skin 20 

Cassimere,  woollen 30 

Cassimere,  cotton,  wool  be- 
ing   a    component    part, 

chief  value 30 

Casks,  empty 80 

Cassada,  or  meal  of 20 

CaBsia,     Chinese,     Calcutta 
and  Sumatra 40 


1857- 
Per  ct. 

8 

15 

24 

4 

free. 

24 
24 
24 
15 
24 
24 
19 
19 


24 
19 
24 

24 
24 
24 


24 
19 
24 


24 
24 
24 

24 
24 
15 
24 


24 
24 

15 


1846. 

Perct. 
Cassia  buds 20 

"       fistula 20 

Castanas,  or  castinai 30 

Castings  of  plaster  or  iron, 

even  if  with  wrought  iron 

rings,  hoops,  handles,  <fec.  30 

Castor  beans 20 

Castors,  brass,  iron  or  wood  30 
Castors    or    cruets,    silver, 

with  or  without  glasses       30 
Castors   or    cruets,    plated, 

with  or  without  glasses. .   30 
Castors    or    cruets,    wood, 

with  or  without  glasses. .   30 
Castor  glasses,   not  in   the 

frames  or  cruets,  cut  , . . .  40 
Castor  glasses,   not  in   the 

frames  or  cruets,  not  cut.  SO 
Castorine  lize,  woollen  cloth.  30 

Castorum 20 

Cast  shoe  bills 30 

Cast  iron  vessels,  not  other- 
wise specified 30 

Catches,    brass,   copper    or 

iron 30 

Catechu 10 

Catgut 20 

Catsup 30 

Caulking  mallets 30 

Caustic 30 

Celtz  water 30 

Cement,  Roman 20 

Cerise,  eau  de,  kerch  wassar, 

or  cherry  water 100 

Ceruse,  dry  or  in  oil 20 

Chafing  dishes 30 

Chains,  all. 30 

Chairs,  sitting 30 

Chalk,  red 20 

"      red,  pencils 30 

"      French 20 

"      white 5 

Chambray  gauze,  cotton,  as 

cotton 25 

"        if  wool  is  a  com- 
ponent part. . .  30 


1857. 

Perct 

15 

15 

24 


24 
15 
24 

24 

24 

24 

30 

24 
24 
15 
24 

24 

24 

free. 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 

30 
15 
24 
24 
24 

4 
24 

4 
4 

24 

24 


XVI 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 

Per.  ct. 

Chambray,  of  silk  only. ...  25 

Chandeliers,  brass 30 

"  glass,  cut 40 

Chapapote 20 

Charts 10 

Cliarts,  books  of,  not  con- 
nected with  any  work  of 
■which  they  form  a  vol. . . 
When  so  connected,  will 
pay  the  same  as  the  other 
volumes. 

Checks,  cotton 25 

"       princess,  wool 30 

"  "  worsted. .   25 

linen 20 

Cheese 30 

Chemical  preparations,  not 

otherwise  enumerated...   20 
Chemical  salts,   not   other- 
wise enumerated 20 

Chenille,  cords  or  trimming 

of,  cotton 30 

Cheroots,  (India  cigars,). . .   40 

Cherry  rum,  a  cordial 100 

Chessmen,  bone,  ivory,  rice 

or  wood 30 

Chest  handles 30 

Chicory  root free. 

"  ground 20 

Cbildrens'   shoes   and    slip- 
pers     30 

Chili  peppers 30 

China  ware 30 

"     root 20 

Chinchilla  skins,  undressed.   10 
"  dressed...    20 

Chip  hats  or  bonnets, 30 

Chisels,  all 30 

Chloride  of  lime 10 

Chlorometers,  glass 30 

Chocolate 20 

Choppa  romals  and  bandan- 
na hankerchiefs,  silk. ...   25 

Chowdagary,  cottons 25 

Chromate  of  potash 20 

«  lead 20 


1857. 

Per  ct. 

19 

24 

30 

4 

free. 


10       free. 


24 
24 
19 
15 
24 

15 

15 

24 

30 
30 

24 

24 

free. 

15 

24 

4 

24 

15 

8 

15 

24 

24 

4 

24 

15 

19 
24 
15 
15 


1846.  1857. 
Per  ct.    Per  ct. 

Chromic,  yellow 30  24 

acid 20  4 

Chi'onometers  and  parts. ...   10  8 

Chrysolites 20  15 

Chrj-stalsof  tin 20  15 

Ciar,  or  coiar,  rope 25  19 

Cicutar 20  15 

Cigars 40  30 

"      paper. 40  30 

Cinchona,  Peruvian 15  free. 

Cinchouine 20  15 

Cinnabar 25  19 

Cinnamon 30  4 

Circingle  webb,  (woollen). .  30  24 

Circassians,  (worsted) 25  19 

Citrate  of  lime 20  15 

Citron,  in  its  natural  state.   20  8 

"      preserved. » 40  30 

Civit,  oil  of 30  24 

Clasps,  all 30  24 

Clay,  ground  or  prepared. .  20  15 

"     unwrought 5  4 

Clayed  sugar,  white 30  24 

Cloaks 30  24 

Cloak  pins 30  24 

Clocks 30  24 

Cloth,  India  rubber 30  24 

"      woollen 30  24 

"      oil,  not  denominated 

patent  floorcloth.  30  24 

"      hemp 20  15 

Clothing,  ready  made. ....   30  24 

Cloves 40  4 

Coaches,  or  parts  thereof. .   SO  24 
Coach  furniture  of  all  de- 
scriptions.     30  24 

Coal 30  24 

Coal-hods 30  24 

Coatings,  mohair  or  goats' 

hair 25  19 

Cobalt 20  15 

Cochineal 10  4 

Coculus  indicus 20  15 

Cocks 30  24 

Cocoa 10  4 

"     shells 10  4 


U.  8.  Tariffs  of  18^6  and  1857. 


xvu 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
Cocoa-nuts,  West  Indies  ...    20 
Codilla,ortowofhemporflax  15 

Codfish,  dry 20 

Coffee,  -nhen  impoi'ted  ia 
American  vessels  from  the 

place  of  its  growth free. 

Coffee,  the  growth  or  pro- 
duction of  the  possessions 
of  the  Netherlands,  im- 
ported from  the  Nether- 
lands   free. 

Coffee,  all  other 20 

Coffee-mills 30 

Coins,  cabinets  of free. 

Coir 25 

Coke 30 

Colcother,    dry,    (oxide    of 

iron) 20 

Cold  cream 30 

Colocynth 20 

Cologne  water 30 

Colombo  root 20 

Coloquintida 100 

Coloring  for  brandy 30 

Colors,  water 30 

Colts'  foot 20 

Cols,    sanglier,  cravat  stif- 

feners   30 

Combs 30 

Commode  handles 30 

"         knobs 30 

Comforters,  made  of  wool. .   30 
Comfits,  preserved  in  sugar, 

brandy  or  molasses 40 

Compasses 30 

Composition     of     glass     or 

paste,  set 30 

Composition     of     glass     or 

paste,  not  set 10 

Concans,  India 25 

Coney  -wool 10 

Confectionary,  all  not  other- 

■wise  provided  for 3C 

Contrayema  root 20 

Copper,  braziers'  and  sheets, 
not  otherwise  provided  for  20 


1857. 
Ttr  ct. 

4 

12 

15 


free. 


free. 
15 
24 

free. 
19 
24 

15 

24 
15 
24 
15 
30 
24 
24 
15 

24 
24 
24 
24 
24 

30 
24 

24 

8 

19 

8 

24 
15 

15 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  ct 

Copper  bottoms 20  15 

Copper,     manufactures     of, 

not  otherwise  specified. .   30  24 
Copper,  for  the  use  of  the 

mint free.  free. 

Copper,  suited  to  the  sheath- 
ing of  ships ;  but  none  ia 
to  be  so  considered  except 
that  which  is  14  inches 
wide  and  48  inches  long, 
and  weighing  from  14  to 

34  ozs.  per  square  foot  . . .  free.  free. 
Copper  rods,    bolts,   spikes 

and  nails 20  15 

Copper  in  pigs,  bars,  and  old, 
fit  only  to  be  re-manufac- 
tured       5  free. 

Copper  ore free.  free. 

Copperas 20  15 

Copper,  sulphate  of 20  15 

Coral 20  15 

"      cut  or  manufactured.   30  24 

Cordage 25  19 

Cordials,  all  kinds 1 00  30 

Coriander  seed free,  free. 

Corks 30  24 

Cork,  manufactures  of 30  24 

Cork-tree,  bark  of,  unmanu- 
factured     15  4 

Cornelian  stone 10  4 

"       rings 20  15 

Corn  fans 30  24 

Corn,  Indian  or  maize 20  15 

Corrosive  sublimate,  (mer- 
curial)   25  19 

Corsets 30  24 

Cosmetics 30  24 

Cotton  bagging 20  15 

"      easy  embroidery,  or 

floss 25  24 

Cotton free.  free. 

"      cord,  gimps  and  gal- 
loons    30  24 

Cottons,  bleached,    painted 

printed  or  dyed 25  24 

Cotton  braces,  or  suspendere  30  24 


XVlll 


TI.  S.  Taiiffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
Cotton,  all  manufactures  of, 

not  otherwise  enumerated  25 
Cotton  caps,  gloves,  leggins, 

mitts,     socks,     stockings, 

■wove  shirts  and  drawers  20 
Cotton  hosiery,  unbleached  20 
Cotton  mits  and  gloves  ....  20 
Cotton   thread,   twist      and 

yarn,  all  unbleached  and 

uncolored 25 

Cotton    thread,    twist    and 

yarn,  all  bleached  or  col'd  25 
Cotton      twist,    yarn     and 

thread,  all  other  on  spools 

or  otherwise 25 

Cotton  lace,  including bobbi- 

net 25 

Cotton  stockings 20 

Counters 30 

Counting-house  boxes 30 

Court  plaster 30 

Cowage,  or  Cowitch 20 

Cowries,  (shells) 5 

Crab-claws 20 

Crapes,  silk 25 

Crash 20 

Cranks,  mill,  of  wrought  iron  30 

Cravats 30 

Cravat  stiflfeners 30 

Crayons 30 

Crayon  pencils 30 

Creas,  cotton,  as  cottons. . .  25 

"      linen 20 

Cream  of  tartar 20 

Crocus  powder 20 

Crockery 30 

Crowns,  Leghorn  hat 30 

Crucibles,  all 30 

Crystals,  glass,  for  seal.    (See 

glass.) 

Cubebs 20 

Cudbear 10 

Cummin  seed free. 

Cupboard  turns 30 

Curls,  hair 30 

Curriers'  knives 30 


1857. 

Per  ct. 

19 


24 
15 
15 


19 


24 


24 

24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 

4 
15 
19 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 

4 
15 
24 
24 
24 


15 
4 
free. 
24 
24 
24 


1846.  1857. 

Perct.  Perct, 

Currants 40  8 

Curtain  rings 30  24 

Custas,  as   manufactures  of 

cottons 25  24 

Catch 10  free. 

Cutlasses 30  24 

Cutlery,  all  kinds 30  24 

Cyanine  of  iodine 30  24 

"          potassium 30  24 

"          zinc 30  24 

D 

Daggers  and  dirks 30  24 

Dates 40  8 

Decanters,  cut 40  30 

"          plain 30  24 

Delph 30  24 

Delphine 20  15 

Demijohns 30  24 

Denmaik  satin,  or  satteens, 

entirely  stuff 25  19 

Dentifrice 30  24 

Devonshire  kerseys 30  24 

Diamonds 10  4 

"         set 30  24 

"         glaziers' 15  12 

Diaper  linen 20  15 

Diapers,  cotton 25  24 

Dice,  ivory  or  bone 30  24 

Dimities  and  dimity  muslin, 

(see  cottons). 25  24 

Dimity     furniture,     dimity 
cambrics,    and  all   other 

dimity,  (see  cottons) 25  24 

Directions  for  patent  medi- 
cines    10  8 

Distilled  vinegar,  medicinal  30  24 

Diuretic,  sal 20  15 

Divi  divi 20  free. 

Dolls,  of  every  description. .   30  24 

Domets,  a  flannel 25  19 

Dominoes,  bone  or  ivory,  if 

any  metaL 30  24 

Dowlas 20  15 

Doyleys,  cotton  or  woollen .  25  24 


TJ.  S.  Tariffs  oflUQ  and  1857. 


xiz 


1846. 

rercU 

Doyleys,  linen 20 

Down,  all  kinds 25 

Dragons'  blood 15 

Drawing  pencils 30 

Drawings 20 

Drawer  knobs,  of  brass,  iron 
steel,  ivory,  bone,  wash- 
ed, gilt  or  plated 30 

Drawer  knobs,  of  brass  and 

glass..., 30 

Drawer  knobs,    entirely  of 

cut  glass 40 

Drawer  knobs,    entirely  of 

plain  glass 30 

Drawing  knives 30 

Drawers,  Guernsey,  wool  or 

worsted 30 

Drawers,  knit,  without  nee- 
dlework    30 

Drawers,  silk,  wove 30 

"       cotton,  wove 20 

Dried  pulp 20 

Drillings,  linen 20 

"  if  cotton  be  a  com- 
ponent material,  subject 
to  the  regulations  respect- 
ing cotton  cloths 25 

Drugs,  dyeing,  not  other- 
wise enumerated 20 

Drugs,  d^'eing  or  tanning,  in 

a  crude  state 20 

Drugs,  medicinal,  not  other- 
wise    enumerated,   in    a 

crude  state 20 

Duck,  Holland,  English, 
Russia,  half-duck,  and  all 

other  sail  duck 20 

Dutch  metal,  in  leaf. 20 

Durante,  worsted   stuff. ...  25 

Dust  pans 30 

Dyeing  articles,  crude,  used 
principally  for,  not  other- 
wise enumerated 20 

Dyeing  drugs,  and  materials 
for  composing  dyes,  crude, 
not  otherwise  enumerated  20 


1857. 

Per  ct 
15 
19 

free. 
24 
15 


24 

24 

30 

24 
24 

24 

24 
24 
24 
15 
15 


free. 


15 
15 
19 
24 


free. 


free 


E 

1846. 
Perct. 

Earth,  in  oil 30 

Earth,  brown,  red,  blue,  yel- 
low, drj',  as  ochre 30 

Earthenware 30 

Ebony,  manufactures  of,  or 
of  which  it  is  the  material 

of  chief  value 40 

Elastic  gai'ters,  made  of  elas- 
tic wire,  covered  with  lea- 
ther, with  metal  claspa. .  30 

Elephants'  teeth 5 

Elecampane 20 

Embroideries,  all  in  gold  or 
silver,  fine  or  half  fine,  oi 

other  metal 30 

Embroidery,  if  done  by 
hand  with  a  needle,  and 

witli  thread  of  gold 30 

Emeralds 10 

Emery 20 

Emery  cloth,  cotton 25 

Emetic,  tartar,  medicinal ...  30 

Enamelled  white 30 

Engravers'  copper,  prepared 

or  polished 30 

Engravers'     scrapers     and 

burnishers 30 

Engravings,  books  of,  bound 

or  not 10 

Epaulettes,  all 30 

Epsom  salts 20 

Equalizing  files 30 

Ergot 20 

Escutcheons,  silver 30 

Escutcheons,      braas,    iron, 

steel,  gilt  or  plated 30 

Escutcheon  pins 30 

Essence,  all 30 

Estopillas,  linen 20 

Etchings  or  engravings, ...  10 

Ether 20 

Etoile,  or  stars  for  orna- 
ments, gold,  or  mi  fin. . . .  30 


1857. 

PercL 
24 

15 
24 


30 


24 

free. 

15 


24 


24 
4 
8 
24 
24 
24 

24 

24 

8 
24 
15 
24 
15 
24 

24 
24 
24 
15 
8 
15 

24 


XX 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  ct. 

Ether,  sulphuric 20  15 

Extract  of  belladonna 80  24 

"        Campeachy  wood,  20  4 

"        cicutie 30  24 

"        colocynth 30  24 

"        elaterium 30  24 

"        gentian SO  24 

"        hyosiamus 30  24 

"        indigo 20  4 

"        logwood 20  4 

"        nux  vomica 30  24 

"        madder. 20  4 

"        opium 30  24 

"        rhatania 30  24 

"       rhubarb SO  24 

"        stramonium 30  24 

Extracts  and  decoctions  of 
dye  woods,  not  otherwise 

provided  for 20  4 

Extracts,  all  other SO  24 

Eyes  and  rods  for  staii-s SO  24 

"    bulls',  a  bean 20  15 

"    bulls',  glass 30  24 


False  collars so 

Fans,  all 30 

Fancy,  or  perfumed  shaving 
soaps,  including  Windsor 

soap  and  wash  balls SO 

Fancy  vials  and  bottles,  un- 
cut    30 

Fastenings,  shutter  or  other, 
of  copper,  iron,  steel, 
brass,  gilt,  plated  or  ja- 
panned    30 

Fearnought  cloth 30 

Feathers,  ornamental 30 

"        for  beds 25 

"        vultures',  for  dust- 
ers    20 

Felts,  or  hat  bodies  made  in 
whole  or  in  part  of  wool,  20 

Feldspar. 20 

Felting,  hatters* 30 


24 

24 


24 


24 


24 
24 
24 
19 

15 

15 
15 
24 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Fennel,  essence  of. so 

Ferrets,  cotton 25 

Ferri,  rubigo 20 

Fiddles 20 

Fids 20 

Fifes,  bone,  ivory  or  wood.   20 

Figures,  alabaster. 40 

other 30 

Figs. 40 

Fig  blue 20 

Filberts 30 

Files 30 

File  cuts 30 

Filtering  stones so 

"  unmanufac- 

tured ...   20 

Fire  crackers 30 

"    irons  or  screens 30 

Fish,  pickled,  other  than  in 
barrels    or  half  barrels, 

not  specified 20 

Fish,  in  oil 40 

"     mackerel  and  herring, 

pickled 20 

"     other 20 

"     glue,  called  isinglass. .   20 

"     hooks 30 

"    sauce 30 

"     skins,  raw 20 

"     skin  cases 20 

Fisheries  of  the  U.  States 
and  their  territories,  all 

products  of free. 

Fishing  nets,  other  than  dip 

or  scoop  nets 30 

Fishing  lines,  silk 25 

Flags,  floor  matting,  made  of,  25 
"      carpets  and  carpeting, 
and     floor     cloths, 

made  of. 25 

Flageolets,   wood,  bone    or 

ivorj' 20 

Flannels,  all 25 

Flap  hinges 30 

Flasks,  or  bottles  that  come 
in  gin  cases 30 


1857. 
Perct. 

24 

24 

15 

15 

15 

15 

SO 

24 

8 

15 

24 

24 

24 

24 

15 
24 
24 


15 
30 

15 
15 
15 
24 
24 
15 
16 


free, 

24 
19 
19 


19 

15 
19 
24 

24 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1S46  and  185Y. 


XXI 


1846. 

I'cr  ct. 

Flasks,  powder,  brass,  cop 

pep,  japanned  or  horn. . .   30 

Flat  irons 30 

Flats,   for  making  bats  or 

bonnets 30 

Flax,  unmanufactured 15 

all  manufactures  of, 
or  of  which  flax  is 
a  component  part, 
not  otherwise  speci- 
fied    20 

Flaxseed 10 

Fleams 30 

Flesbers 30 

Flies,   Spanish,  or    cantha- 

rides 20 

Flints 5 

Flint  stone 5 

Flints,  ground 20 

Float  files 30 

Floor    cloth,    all    stamped, 

printed  or  painted 30 

Floor  cloth,  dish  or  table, 

mats  of 30 

"      cloth,      lined      with 

woollen  or  wool. . .   30 

Flor  benzoin 30 

Florentine  buttons,  covered 

with  bombazette  over  a 

metal  form 25 

Floss  silk,  and  other  similar 

silks  purifiedfrom  the  gum  25 
Floss    cotton     (see    cotton 

thread) 25 

Flour   of    wheat,  or   other 

grain 20 

Flour  sulphur 20 

Flower  water,  orange 30 

Flowers,  artificial 30 

Flowers,  all,  not  otherwise 

provided  for 20 

Flutes,  of   wood,  ivory  or 

bone 20 

Flushings 30 

Foils,  fencing 30 

Foil,  copper 30 


1857. 

I'cr  ct 

24 
24 

24 
free. 


15 

8 

24 

24 

8 
4 
4 
4 
24 

24 

24 

24 
24 


19 

19 

24 

15 
15 
24 
24 

15 

15 

24 
24 
24 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Foil,  silver 20 

"     tin 15 

Fol,  digitalis 20 

Forks,  all 30 

Forge  hammers 30 

Forbidden  fruit 20 

Fossils free. 

Fox  glove 20 

Frames,  or  sticks  for   um- 
brellas or  parasols 30 

Frames,  plated  cruet 30 

quadrant 30 

"       silver  cruet 30 

Frankincense,  a  gum 20 

Fringes,  cotton  or  wool. ...   25 

"       merino 25 

Frize,  or  ratteens,  of  wool. .   30 

Frizettes,  hair  or  silk 30 

Frocks,  Guernsey 30 

Frosts,  glass 20 

Fruits,  preserved  in  brandy 

or  sugar 40 

Fruits,    preserved   in    their 

own  juice 20 

Fruits,  pickled 30 

"       green,  ripe  or  dried, 

40,  30  and 20 

Frying  pans 30 

Fullers'  boards 30 

Fullers'  earth 10 

Fulminates,  or  fulminating 

powders 20 

Furniture,  coach  and  harness  30 
Furniture,brass,  copper,  iron 
or  steel,  not  coach  or  har- 
ness    30 

Furniture  calico  or  chintz.   25 
Furniture,    household,    not 

otherwise  specified 30 

Furs,  undressed,  all  kinds  of, 

on  the  skin. 10 

Fur,  dressed,  all  on  the  skin  20 

"    hats  or  caps  of 30 

"    hat  bodies  or  felts 30 

Furs,  hatters,  dressed  or  un- 
I      dressed,  not  on  the  skin. .   10 


1857. 

rerct 
15 
12 
15 
24 
24 
8 
free. 
15 

24 
24 
24 
24 
8 
24 
19 
24 
24 
24 
15 

30 

15 
24 

8 
24 
24 

8 

15 
24 


24 
24 

24 

8 
15 
24 
24 

8 


XXll 


TJ.  S.  Tarifs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  ct 
Fur    muffs    or   tippets,    or 
other    manufactures  not 

specified 30  24 

G 

Galanga, 20  15 

Gallengal,  or  gallengal  root  20  15 

Galloons,   gold   and   silver, 

fine  or  half  fine 30  24 

Galls,  nut 5  free. 

Gambia  (Terra  Japonica). .   10  free- 

Gamboge,  crude  or  refined  20  15 

Game  bags,  leather  or  twine  30  24 

Garance  or  madder,  manu- 
factures of 20  free. 

Garnets, 10  4 

"       hardware 30  24 

Garden  seeds,  not  otherwise 

specified free.  free. 

Garters,  India  rubber,  with 

clasps 30  24 

Gauze,  cotton 25  24 

Gelatine 30  24 

Gems 10  4 

"     set 30  24 

Gentian,  or  gentian  root...   20  15 

German  silver,  manufactur- 
ed or  not 30  24 

Gig  hames,  springs  or  han- 
dles    30  24 

Gilt  fancy  wares,  jewelry, 

wire,  <fec 30  24 

Gimblets 30  24 

Gimps,  cotton 30  24 

silk 25  19 

"       thread,  linen 20  15 

"       wire  being  a  com- 
ponent part,  of  chief  value  30  24 

Ginger,  green,  ripe,   dried, 

preserved  or  pickled,  40,  30  15 

Gin 100  30 

Gin   cases,  with   bottles  in 

them,  the  cases  pay 30  24 

and  the  bottles  30  24 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Ginghams,  as  cottons 25 

Ginseng 20 

Girandoles 30 

Glass,  of  antimony 30 

Glass,  broken 20 

Glass,  manufactures  of,  all 
vessels  or  wares,   of  cut 

glass 40 

Glass,  manufactures  of,  all 
others  not  specially  men- 
tioned   30 

Glass,  apothecaries'  vials,  16 

ounces , . . . .  30 

Glass  bottles,  black 30 

"    buttons,  cut,  entirely  of  25 

"    colored 30 

"    green,  pocket  bottles.   30 
"     looking,     plates,     sil- 
vered    30 

Glasses,  hour 30 

"        looking 30 

Glass,  paintings  on 30 

"     cut 40 

"     plain  or  moulded. ...   30 

"     window 20 

"     polished  plate 30 

Glass,  all  articles  not  speci- 
fied,     30 

Glauber  salts 20 

Glaziers*  diamonds 15 

Globes 30 

Gloves 30 

"      hair 25 

Glue,  all 20 

Goats'  hair 20 

"       skins,  raw 5 

"       skins,  tanned 20 

Gold,  all  articles  composed 
wholly  or  chiefly  of,  in 
quantity,    not    otherwise 

specified 30 

Gold  beaters'  brim 20 

"     beaters' moulds 10 

"     beaters'  skins 10 

"     dust free. 

"     embroideries 30 


1857. 

Perct 

24 
15 
24 
24 
free. 


30 


24 

24 
24 
19 
24 
24 

24 
24 
24 
24 
30 
24 
15 
24 

24 
15 
12 
24 
24 
19 
15 
free. 
4 
19 


24 

15 

8 

8 

free. 

24 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  aiid  185T. 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Gold  and  silver  leaf 15 

"     muriate  of 30 

"     oxide  of 30 

"     paper,  in  sheets,  str  ps, 

or  other  forms  ....  30 

Gold  size 20 

"     shell  for  painting. ...  30 

"     etuds 30 

Golo  shoes  or  clogs 30 

Gouges SO 

Gowns 30 

Gown  patterns,  wool  being 

a  component  part 30 

Grains  of  Paradise 20 

Grain  tin 20 

Granulated  tin 20 

Grapes,  not  dried 30 

Grass  bags 30 

Grass  and  cotton  cloth,  as 

cottons 25 

Grass      flats,      braids      or 

plaits 30 

Grass  hats  or  bonnets 30 

Grass,  henguin 25 

Grasshopper  springs 30 

Grass,  Sisal,  mats,  of  flags 

and  rope 25 

Grease 10 

Green,  French,  mineral  and 

olympian 20 

Green  turtle 20 

Gridirons 30 

Grindstones 5 

Guava  jelly,  or  paste 30 

Guernsey  frocks 30 

Gunny  bags. .  , 20 

Guano free. 

"      imitation  of 20 

Guinea  grains 20 

Guitars 20 

Guitar  strings,  gut 20 

Guimauve,  or  camomile. ...  20 

Gum  Benzoin,  or  Benjamin .  30 

Gum,  Senegal,  Arabic   and 

Tragacanth,  Barbary,  East 

India  and  Jedda,  and  all 


1857. 

Per  ct. 
12 
24 
24 

24 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 

24 
15 
15 
15 
8 
24 

24 

24 
24 
19 
24 

19 
8 

15 
15 
24 
4 
24 
24 
15 

free. 

free. 

free. 
15 
15 
15 
24 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

other  resinous  substances 
not  specified,  in   a  crude 

state 10 

Gum  purdu,  as  opium 20 

"     substitute,  burnt  flour 

and  starch ........   10 

Gums,  medicinal,  in  a  crude 

state 20 

Gum  elastic  articles 30 

Guns,  (except  muskets  and 

rifles) 30 

Gun  locks 30 

Gunpowder 20 

Gun  wadding  of  paper  ....  30 

Gunny  cloth 20 

Gutta  Percha,   unmanufac- 
tured   20 

Guts,  sheeps',  salted 20 

Gypsum,  or  plaster  of  Paris. free. 


H 


Hackels,  all 30 

Hair,    Angora    goats',    un- 
manufactured   20 

Hair,   made   up    for  head 
dresses 30 

Hair,  all  other  manufactures 
of  goats' or  mohair 25 

Hair,    prepared    for    head 
dresses 30 

Hair  nets 30 

"    cloth 25 

"    curled,  for  beds 20 

"    braids,  for  the  head. .    30 

"    belts  and  brooms 30 

"    bracelets,  chains,  ring- 
lets and  curls 30 

"    gloves 25 

"    unmanufactured 10 

"    prepared  and  cleaned 

for  use 30 

"    pins 30 


XXlll 

1857. 
Perct 


8 
15 


15 
24 

24 
24 
15 
24 
15 

4 

15 

free. 


24 
free. 

24 

19 

24 
24 
19 
15 
24 
24 

24 
19 

8 

24 
24 


XXIV 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
Hair  powder,  perfumed,  all 

others  not  specified  30 
"    powder,  not  perfumed  20 

"    seating ....    25 

"    pencils 30 

Hames,  wood 30 

Hammers,  all 30 

Hams,  bacon 20 

Hankerchiefs,  linen 20 

"  other 25 

Handles  for  chests 30 

Hangers 30 

Hangings,  paper 20 

Hares'  hair  or  fur 10 

Hare  skins,  undressed 10 

"         "     dressed 20 

Harlaem  oil 30 

Harness 30 

"       furniture 30 

Harp  strings,  gut 20 

wire 30 

Harps  and  harpsichords. . .   20 

Hartshorn 30 

Hatchets 30 

Hat  felts  or  bodies,  of  wool, 
not  put  in  form  or  trim- 
med    20 

Hat  bodies,  cotton 30 

Hats,  Leghorn 30 

"      of  chip,  straw  or  grass  30 
"     cotton  cloth,  complete 
with  the  exception 
of  the  lining  and 

band 30 

"      of  wool 20 

"      all  other 30 

Hatters'  irons 30 

Hautboys 20 

Haversacks,  of  leather 30 

Hayknives 30 

Head-dresses,  ornaments  for  30 

Head  pieces  for  stills 30 

Hearth  rugs,  all 30 

Hellebore  root 20 

Hemlock 5 

Hemp  seed 10 


1857. 
Perct 

24 
15 
19 

24 
24 
24 
15 
15 
19 
24 
24 
15 
8 
8 
15 
24 
24 
24 
15 
24 
15 
24 
24 


15 
24 
24 
24 


24 
15 
24 
24 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 
4 

free. 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
Hemp,  all  manufactures  of, 
not  otherwise  spe- 
cified, or  of  which 
hemp  is  a  compo- 
nent part 20 

Hemp,  unmanufactured. ...   30 

"      (Manilla) 25 

Henbane 20 

Herrings 20 

Hessians 20 

Hides,  raw  and  salted 5 

"       tanned 20 

Hobby  horses 30 

Hods .- 30 

Hoes 30 

Hollands,  brown 20 

Hollow  ware,  tinned 30 

Hones 20 

Honey  and  honey  water. . .   30 

Hooks,  all 30 

Hooks  and  eyes,  other 30 

Hops 20 

Horn  combs 30 

"     tips 5 

"     plates  for  lanterns. . .     5 

Horns 5 

Household  furniture 30 

"  "      of  cedar, 

granadilla,     ebony,    ma- 
hogany,   rose    and    satin 

wood 40 

Hungary  water 30 

Hyacinth  roots free. 

Hydriodate  of  potash 20 

Hydi-ometers,  of  glass 30 


1857. 

Perct. 


Ice 20 

Imitation  of  precious  stones  10 
Implements  of  trade  of  per- 
sons arriving  in  the  Uni- 
ted States free. 

India  grass 25 


15 
24 
19 
15 
15 
15 
4 
19 
24 
24 
24 
15 
24 
15 
24 
24 
24 
15 
24 
4 
4 
4 
24 


30 
24 
free. 
15 
24 


free. 


free. 
19 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846.  1857. 

Vex  ct.  Ter  ct. 

India  rubber,  unmanufac- 
tured     10  4 

India  rubber  oil  cloth  and 
shoes,  or  other  manufac- 
tured articles,  composed 
wholly  or  in  part  of  India 

rubber 30  24 

India  rubber  suspenders. . .   30  24 

"             webbing 30  24 

"             milk  of 20  4 

Indian  meal  and  corn 20  15 

Indigo 10  4 

Indispensables,  or  bags,  lea- 
ther    30  24 

Indispensables,  or  bags,  me- 
rino stuff 25  19 

Indispensables,  or  l)ags,  silk  25  19 

"    bead  30  21 

Ink 30  24 

Ink  powder 30  24 

Ink  stands,  glass,  cut 40  30 

"         all  other 30  24 

Instruments,  philosophical. .   30  24 

"           musical 20  15 

"  philosophical,  not 
specially  imported,  duty 
according  to  the  materials 
they  are  composed  of. 

Instruments,  musical, brass.   20  15 

Inventions,  model  of free.  free. 

Iodine 20  15 

"      salts  of. 20  15 

Ipecac,  or  ipecacuanha. ...  20  15 

Iris  root 20  15 

Iron,  articles  not  enumerat- 
ed, manufactured  from 
iron,  or  of  which  iron  is  a 

component  part 30  24 

Iron,  in  bars  or  bolls 30  24 

"     boiler  plates 30  24 

"     in  slabs,  blooms,  bolts, 
loops,  pigs,  rod3,  Ac,  not 

otherwise  provided  for. . .   30  24 

Iron,  all  manufactures  of. . .   30  24 

Iridium 20  15 

Isinglass 20  15 


XXV 

1846.    1857. 
Per  ct.  I'er  ct. 


Issue  peas 80 

'•     plaster 30 

Ivory 5 

"    manufactures  of 30 

"    black 20 

"    nuts 5 

"    vegetable,      manufac- 
tures of. 30 


Jacks  for  piano  fortes. . : . . .  20 

"     clotliiers' 30 

Jack  chains  and  screws. ...  30 

Jalap 20 

Japanned  wares,  of  all  kinds  30 
Jellies,  and  all  other  similar 

preparations 30 

Jerk  beef 20 

Jet,  real  or  composition. ...   30 

Jewelry 30 

"      false,  so  called 80 

Joints,  India 30 

Jostic,  or  jos  light 20 

Juice  of  oranges 20 

Juniper  berries 20 

"        plants free. 

Junk,  old free. 

Jute 25 

"    carpeting 30 

"    yarn 20 


.    K 

Kaleidescopes 30 

Kalydor 30 

Kelp 10 

Kentledge 30 

Kermes 5 

"      (mineral) 15 

Kersey  ratteen 30 

Kerseys 30 


24 
24 
free. 
24 
15 
4 

24 


15 
24 
24 
15 
24 

24 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 
15 
16 

free. 

free. 
19 
24 
15 


24 
24 

8 
24 

4 
12 
24 
24 


XXVI 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Kerseymere 30 

Kerstes 20 

Kettles,  brass,  in  nests 30 

"        cast  iron  or  copper  30 
Keys,  watch,  of  gold  or  sil- 
ver     30 

Keys,  all  other,  of  iron, 
brass,  copper,  gold  or  sil- 
ver.    30 

Kilmarnock  caps SO 

Kirschenwassar 100 

Knitting  needles 20 

Knives,  all,  of  iron,  steel, 
copper,     brass,      pewter, 

lead  or  tin 30 

Knobs,  brass,  gilt,  plated  or 
washed,  iron,  steel,  cop- 
per or  brass 30 

Knobs,  cut  glass 40 

"       glass,  not  cut 30 

"  "     with       brass, 

iron,  steel  or  composition 

shanks 30 

Knockers. 30 

Kreosote 30 


1857. 

Per  ct. 

24 
15 
24 
24 

24 


24 
24 
30 
15 


Labels,  printed , 20 

Labels,  decanter  or  other, 

gilt  or  plated 30 

Labels,   decanter  or  other, 

gold  or  silver 30 

Lac  dye a 

Lac  marine 20 

"    spirits 20 

"    sulphur 20 

Lace,  all  kinds  of,  made  into 

wealing  apparel 30 

Lace,  bobbinet 25 

"     coach 25 

"     shawls,  if  sewed 30 

"     bobbinet  veils,  cottoa  30 


24 


24 
30 
24 


24 
24 
24 


15 
24 

24 
4 

15 
4 
4 

24 
24 
19 
24 
24 


1846.    1837. 
Perct.  PercC 
Lace    caps,   collars,    collar- 
ettes,    pelerines,    chemi- 

zettes,  canezous,  handker- 
chiefs, collars  and  capes, 

veils,   cotton 30  24 

Laces,  all  thread 20  15 

"       gold  and  silver 30  24 

Laced  boots  or  bootees 30  24 

Lacets   or    lacings,   silk   or 

cotton 25  19 

Lacquered  ware 30  24 

Ladles,  iron,  tin,  Britannia, 

brass,  copper  or  gilt  ....  30  24 

Ladle  heads 30  24 

Lake,  (water  colors) 30  24 

"      drop  do 30  24 

"      paints 30  24 

Lampblack. 20  15 

Lamp     hooks     or     pulleys, 

brass,     copper,     iron     or 

wood 30  24 

Lamps,  brass,  copper,  tin  or 

plain  glass 30  24 

Lamps,  cut  glass 40  30 

"         with    brass    pillars 

and     glass     chimneys    or 

domes,  imported  in  them  30  24 

Lancets 30  24 

Lancet  cases,  shagreen,  pa- 
per or  leather 80  24 

Lantern     leaves     or    horn  • 

plates 5  4 

Lanterns,  japanned,  tin,  gilt, 

plated,  brass,   pewter  or 

copper 30  24 

Lapis,  calaminaris 20  15 

infernalis 20  15 

"       tutia 20  15 

Lard 20  15 

Larding  pins 30  24 

Lasting,  in  strips  or  patterns 

of  the  size  and  shape  for 

buttons,  shoes  or  bootees.     5  4 

Latches,   iron,   brass,  steel, 

gilt,    plated,   washed  or 

copper 30         24 


U,  S.  Tarifs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 

rercL 

Lath 20 

Lattin,  brass 30 

Laudanum 30 

Lavender,  dry,  flower  of.. .   20 

"  flower 20 

"  water. 30 

Lawn,  cotton 25 

"      linen 20 

or  long  lawn,  linen.   20 
Lead,    all   manufactures  of, 
not  otherwise  specified  . .   30 

Lead  busts 30 

"     in  bars 20 

"     black 20 

"     powder  of  black 20 

"     combs 30 

'<     old 20 

"     in  pigs 20 

"    scrap 20 

"     sugar  of 20 

"     pots,  black 30 

"     nitrate  of 20 

"     in  sheets 20 

"     shot 20 

"     toys 30 

"     pipes 20 

"     ore 20 

"     in  any  other  form  not 

specified SO 

Leaders,  leather 30 

"        worsted 25 

Leaves,  medicinal,  in  aci'ude 

state 20 

Leather  bracelets,  elastic.   30 

"       mits 30 

"  garters,  elastic. ...  30 
"  and  all  manufac- 
tures thereof,  or  of  which 
it  is  the  material  of  chief 
value,  not  otherwise  spe- 
cified     30 

Leather,  sole 20 

"       upper, 20 

"      patent. 20 

Leaves  for  dyeing,  in  a  crude 

state 20 


1857. 

I'er  ct 
15 
24 
24 
15 
15 
24 
24 
15 
15 

24 
24 
15 
15 
15 
24 
15 
15 
15 
16 
24 
15 
15 
15 
24 
15 
15 

24 
24 
19 

15 
24 
24 
24 


24 
15 
19 
19 

free. 


1846. 
PercU 

Leaves  not  used  in  dyeing, 
not  otherwise  provid- 
ed for 20 

"     bocoa 20 

Leeches 20 

Lees,  wine,  liquid 20 

Leghorn   hats  or    bonnets, 
and  all  hats  or  bonnets  of 

straw,  chip  or  grass 30 

Leghorn  flats,  braids,crown8 

or  plaits 30 

Lemons,  in  bulk  or  in  boxes, 

barrels  or  casks. ...  20 

"       juice 10 

peel 20 

Leno,  linen 20 

"      muslin 25 

Leopard  skins,  raw 5 

"       skins,  dressed 20 

"       spot  cloth 30 

Lime 10 

"     acetate  of 20 

"    juice 10 

Limes 20 

Lines,  fishing 30 

"     worsted 25 

Linens,    bleached    or    un- 
bleached   20 

"  all  manufactures  of, 
not  otherwise  spe- 
cified    20 

Linen  bags 20 

"  canvas,  black,  in  strips 
or  patterns,  of  the 
size  exclusively  for 
buttons,   shoes     or 

bootees 5 

"     mitts 30 

"     tape 20 

Links,  coat 25 

Linseed 10 

Linseed  cakes  or  meal 20 

Linsey  woolsey 30 

Lint 20 

Liqueurs  or  cordials,  all.. .  100 
Liquor,  iron 20 


XXVll 

1857. 
TercU 


15 

4 

15 

15 


24 

24 

8 

8 

15 

15 

19 

4 

19 

24 

8 

15 

8 

8 

24 

19 

15 


15 
15 


4 
24 
15 
19 
free. 
15 
24 
15 
30 
15 


XXVlll 


U.  S.  Tarifs  o/1846  and  1857. 


Liquor,  purple. 


1846. 
PercU 

,..    20 

"       red 20 

"       tin 20 

"       cases 30 

Liqum  ice  paste,  i-oot  or  juice  20 

Litlmige 20 

Lithographic  stones 20 

Lithontriptons 30 

Litmus 20 

Loadstones 30 

Lotions,  all  cosmetic 30 

Lozenges,  all  medicinal. ...  30 

Locks,  all 30 

Long  cloths,  liable  to  the 
regulations  respecting 
manufactures  of  cotton. . . 

Long  cloths,  linen 20 

Looking-glasses,    plates    or 

frames 30 

Lunar  caustic 30 

Lustres,  glass,  cut 40 

"       brass  and  glass. ...   30 

Lutes 20 

Lye,  soda 20 


M 


Macaroni 30 

Mace 40 

Machinery,  models  of,  and 

other  inventions free. 

Machinerj',  imported  exclu- 
sively for  the  manufacture 
of  flax  and  linen  goods. . .   30 

Madder 5 

Madder  root 5 

Madopollams,  cotton 25 

Madras  handkerchiefs,  cot- 
ton    25 

Magic  lanterns,  and  similar 
articles,  composed  of  tin, 
glass,  wood,  brass,  cop- 
per, (fee 30 


1857. 
Per  ct. 

15 

15 

15 

24 

15 

15 

15 

24 

4 

24 

24 

24 

24 


15 


24 
24 
30 
24 
15 
15 


24 
4 

free. 


free. 

free. 

24 

24 


24 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  ct. 

Magnesia 30  24 

Magnesia,  carbonate  of . . . .   30  24 

sulphate  of 20  15 

Mahogany 20  8 

Mallets,  wood 30  24 

Malt 20  15 

Manganese 20  15 

Mangoes 20  15 

Mangroves,  or  shells  of  ....   20  15 

Manilla  grass 25  19 

Manna 20  8 

Mantillas,  silk 30  24 

Mantles 30  24 

Manufactured  tobacco 40  30 

Maps 10  free. 

Marble,  manufactures  of ...   30  24 

"       busts,  as  statuary. .   30  free. 

Marble,  unmanufactured. . .  20  15 

Marbles,  toy,  baked  or  stones  30  24 

Marble  table  tops 30  24 

Marine  coral 20  15 

Marmalade,  a  sweetmeat  . .  40  30 

Marrow 10  8 

Marsh  mallows 20  15 

Mastic,  crude  or  refined  ...  20  15 

Matches,  for  pocket  lights. .   30  24 
Mathematical    instruments, 

specially  imported  for  any 

college,   academy,  school 

or  seminary free.  free. 

Mathematical  instruments,  of 

metal,  ivory  or  wood. ...  80  24 

Mats,  cocoa  nut 20  15 

"     table,  straw,   tow  or 

flag 25  19 

"     table,  wood 30  24 

"     sheepskins 30  24 

"     oil  or  floor  cloth,  dish 

or  table 30  24 

"     if  wool  be  a  component 

part 30  24 

Matting,  cocoa  nut 20  15 

"        all  floor  of  flags, 

jute  or  grass  ...  25  19 
Mattresses,  hair  or  moss  linen 

tick 20  15 

Meal,  cassada,  linseed  or  oat  20  15 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  185 


XXIX 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Meats,  prepared 40 

Medals  and  other  collections 

of  antiquities free. 

Medicinal  preparations,  not 

otherwise  specified 30 

Medicinal  drugs,  roots  and 
leaves,  in  a  crude  state,  not 

otherwise  specified 20 

Metal,  plated 30 

Metallic     slates,    paper    or 

tin 25 

Metallic  pens 30 

Metals,  unmanufactured,  not 

otherwise  provided  for  . .  30 
Melting    or    glue    pots,    if 

earthen 30 

Mercury  or  quicksilver. ...  20 
"        all  preparations  of  25 
Merino  shawls,  body  worsted 

or  combed  wool 30 

Merino  shawls,  border  wool- 
len fringe,  sewed  on  ... .  30 
Merino    cloth,    entirely    of 

combed  wool 25 

Merino  cloth,  wool,  not 
combed,  being  a  com- 
ponent part 30 

Merino,  stuff 25 

"  fringe,  worsted  ...  25 
"  trimmings,  worsted  25 
"        shawls,     made     of 

wool 30 

Manilla  hemp 25 

Mica 20 

Milk  of  roses 30 

Millinery  of  all  kinds 30 

Millepedes 20 

Mill  saws 30 

Mills,  coffee 30 

Miniature  cases,  ivory 30 

"         sheets,  ivory 30 

Miniatures free. 

Mineral  and  bituminous  sub- 
stances, in  a  crude  state, 
not  otherwise  provided  for  20 
Mineral  water 30 


1857. 

Per  cu 

30 

free. 
24 

15 
24 

19 
24 

24 

24 
15 
19 

24 

24 

19 


24 
19 
19 
19 

24 
19 
15 
24 
24 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
free. 


15 
24 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct  Per  ct, 

Minera   salt,  crude 20  15 

Mock  pearls lo  8 

Modelling,  specially  import- 
ed   free,  free. 

Modelling,  not  specially  im- 
ported, according  to  the 
materials  of  which  com- 
posed   30  24 

Models  of  invention  or  im- 
provements, not  fitted  for 

use free.  free. 

Molasses 30  24 

Moon  knives 30  24 

Mops 30  24 

Morebad-swans,  cotton 25  24 

Morocco  skins 20  19 

Morphine,  acetate,  svilphate 

or  crystals  of 30  24 

Mortars,   brass,    marble   or 

composition 30  24 

Moss,  Iceland 20  15 

"     for  beds 20  15 

Mosaics,  real,  not  set 10  4 

"    set 30  24 

Mother  of  pearl,  shells 5  4 

Mother  of  pearl,  articles 
made   of,    not   otherwise 

enumerated 30  24 

Mother  of  pearl  studs 30  24 

Mother  of  pearl  buttons, 
with     metal      eyes      or 

shanks 25  19 

Moulds,  button, 25  19 

Mouse  traps,  wood  or  wire .  30  24 

Muffs,  of  fur 30  24 

Munjeet 5  fre& 

Muriate  of  bai'ytes,  gold,  tin 

or  strontian 20  15 

Music,  in  sheets  or  bound. . .   10  4 

Musical  instrimients 20  15 

"       instrument    strings, 

of  gut 20  15 

"       instrument    strings, 

part  of  metal ....  30  24 

Mushrooms 40  30 

Mushroom  sauce 30  24 


XXX 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Musk 30 

Muskets 30 

Musket  bayonets 30 

"       barrels 30 

"       bullets 20 

"       rods  or  stocks 30 

Mustard,  including  the  bot- 
tles    20 

Mustard  seed free. 

Myrrh,   gum,   crude    ,.   . .  20 

Myrrh,  refined 20 

Myrobalan 20 


N 


1857. 
Per  ct. 

24 

24 

24 

24 

15 

24 

15 
free- 

8 

15 
15 


25 


25 
30 


Nankeens,  imported  direct 
from  China,  (as  cottons)  . 
Nankeens,  not  imported  di- 
rect from  China,  subject 
to  the  regulations  on 
manufactures  of  cotton. 
Nankeen  shoes  or  slippers. 

Napkins,  cotton 25 

Napt,  or  napped  cottons,  a 
manufacture  of  wool .  , . .  30 

Narcoriue 20 

Natron 10 

Needles,  all  kinds 20 

"       crotchet 30 

Nests,  birds 20 

Nets,  fishing 30 

Nickel 5 

Nippers 30 

Nitrate  of  barytes 20 

"         iron 20 

"         silyer    or    lunar 

caustic 30 

"         strontian 20 

»'         tin 20 

"         lead 20 

Nitre  mur,  tin 20 

Nitrous  acid 20 

Norfolk  latches 30 

Noyeau 100 

Nutria  skins,  if  undressed. .  10 


24 


24 
24 
24 

24 
15 

8 
15 
24 
15 
24 

4 
24 
15 
15 

24 
15 
15 
15 
15 

4 
24 
30 

8 


1846.  1857 

Per  ct.  Per  ct. 

Nut-galls 5  free. 

Nutmegs 40  4 

Nuts  used  in  dyeing,  special- 
ly in  a  crude  state 5  free. 

Nuts,  all  not  specially  men- 
tioned    30  24 

Newspapers 10  8 

Nux  vomica 10  8 


0 


Oakum  and  junk free.  free. 

Oats  or  oatmeal 20  15 

Ochre,  dry 30  16 

"      in  oil 30  24 

Brown,  blue,  red  and  yellow 
earth,  to  be  considered  as 

ochre 30  15 

Ochres,  all,  or  ochery  earths, 
used  in  painters'   colors, 

when  dry 30  15 

Ochres,  all,  or  ochery  earths, 

in  oil 30  24 

Odors  or  perfumes 30  24 

Oil  cakes 20  15 

Oil  cloth,  and  manufactures 

of 30  24 

"    Harlsem so  24 

"    stones 20  15 

"    animali 20  15 

Oil  of  cocoa-nuts 10  4 

"     palm  bean 10  4 

"     palm 10  4 

"     neats'  foot 20  15 

"     ricini,or  palma  christi  20  16 

Oil,  castor 20  16 

"  hemp  seed 20  15 

"  linseed 20  15 

"  rape  seed 20  16 

"  all,  used  in  painting. ...   20  16 
"  spermaceti,    of    foreign 

fishing 20  15 

Oil,  fish,  and  all  other  of 
American  fisheries,  all  ar- 
ticles the  production  of 

said  fisheries free.  free. 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 
I'cr  ct. 

Oil,  whale  and  other,  (not 

sperm,)  of  foreign  fishing  20 

Oils,  all  others 30 

Old  silver,  fit  only  to  be  re- 

nianufactured free. 

Olives 30 

Onions 20 

Opium 20 

"      extract  of. 30 

Orange  crystal 20 

"       flowers 20 

bitters. 30 

"      peel 20 

"      issue  peas 30 

"      flower  water 30 

Oranges 20 

Ore,  specimens  of 20 

Organs 20 

Ornaments,  gilt  wood,  gold 

paper,  or  for  ladies'  head 

dresses,  silk 30 

Ornaments,   not    for    head 

dresses,  of  metal 30 

Oi'piment 10 

Orris  root 20 

Osnaburghs 20 

Ostrich  plumes  and  feathers  30 

Oxj-muriate  of  lime 20 

"  or   chlorate   of 

potasse,  or  potash 20 

Oysters 20 


1857. 
Per  ct. 

15 
24 

free. 
24 
15 
15 
24 
15 
15 
24 
15 
24 
24 
8 
15 
15 


24 

24 
8 
15 
15 
24 
15 

15 
15 


Pack  thread 30 

Padding 30 

Paddy 20 

Pad  screws 30 

Paintings  on  glass* 30 

"  porcelain*. ...  20 

"  canvas 20 

Paints,  carmine 30 

"  dry  or  ground  in  oil, 
not  otherwise  provided 
for. 20 


24 
24 
15 
24 

free. 

free. 

free. 
24 


15 


XXXI 

1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  ct 

Paints,  (water  colors) 30  24 

"       Spanish  brown,  dry  20  16 

"             "             "     in  oil  30  24 

"      terra  umbra 20  15 

"       white  lead 20  15 

Painters' colors 20  15 

Palm    leaves,     unmanufac- 
tured    10  free. 

Palm  leaf  hats  or  baskets. .   30  24 

Pannel  saws 30  24 

Pit  saws 30  24 

Panilla  grass 25  19 

Paper,  for  screens   or  fire- 
boards  20  15 

Paper  hangings 20  15 

"     all     other,     and    all 

manufactures  of 30  24 

Paper  wadding 30  24 

Parasols,  silk 30  24 

Parasol  sticks  or  frames. ...   30  24 

Parchment 30  24 

Paris  white,  dry 20  15 

Parts  of  stills,  of  copper. ...   30  24 

Pasteboard 30  24 

Paste  giggers 30  24 

"     almond 30  24 

"     perfumed 30  24 

"     work  that  is  set  in 

gold  or  silver 30  24 

Paste,  imitation  of  precious 

stones 10  8 

Pastel,  or  woad 10  4 

Patent  floor  cloth,  oil 30  24 

"      mordant 20  15 

"      yellow 20  15 

Paving  stones 20  15 

"      tiles 20  15 

Pearl,  mother  of 5  4 

Pearls,  set 30  24 

"       aU 10  4 

"       composition,  set. ...  30  24 

"       mock 10  8 

Peas 20  15 

Peanuts, 20  15 

Pellitory  root 20  16 

Pelts,  salted 5  4 


XXXll 


TJ.  S.  Tariffs  o/1846  a7id  1857. 


1846. 
Per  ct 
Pencils,  black  lead,  camels' 

hair,  or  red  chalk . .  30 

"      slate 20 

Pencil   cases,   gold,    silver, 

gilt  or  plated 30 

Penknives 30 

Pens,  metallic 30 

"     quill 20 

Pepper,  black,  white,  cay- 
enne, Chili  or  Afri- 
can    30 

red  pod 20 

Perfumery  vials  and  bottles, 
uncut,  not  exceeding  16 

ounces  each 30 

Percussion  caps 30 

Perfumes 30 

Perfumed  soap  for  shaving  30 

Perry 100 

Personal  and  household  ef- 
fects, not  merchandise, 
of  citizens  of  the  U.   S., 

dying  abroad free. 

Peruvian  bark 15 

Petershams,  woollen  cloth. .  30 

Petticoats,  ready  made. .. .  30 
Pewter,  old,  fit  only  to  be 

re-manufactured 5 

Pewter,  articles  of,  not  enu- 
merated, manufactured 
from,  or  of  which  pewter 

is  a  component  part 30 

Phosphate  of  lime 20 

of  soda 20 

Phosphorus  lights,  in  glass 

bottles,  with  paper  cases  30 

Phosphorus 20 

Phosphuret  of  lime 20 

Piano  fortes 20 

"     forte  ferrules 30 

Pickles 30 

Picrotoxine,  an  extract 30 

Pimento 40 

Pin  or  needle  case-s,  all. . . .  30 

Pin  cushions,  silk     ..    .  -  •  2.5 

«         cotton 25 


1857. 
Perct. 

24 
15 

24 
24 
24 
15 


4 
15 


24 
24 

24 
24 
30 


free. 

free. 
24 
24 


24 
15 
15 

24 
15 
15 
15 
24 
24 
24 
4 
24 
19 
24 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

Pincushions,  wooL 30 

Pincers 30 

Pine  apples 20 

Pink  saucers 30 

Pins 30 

Pins,  silver,  iron  or  pound.   30 

Piperine 30 

Pipes,  clay,  smoking 30 

"     watch,  carre,  or  can- 
non   30 

"     wood 30 

Pistols 30 

Pitch,  Burgundy 25 

Pitch 20 

Plaids,  cotton 25 

Plains 30 

Plaster  of  Paris,  unground.free. 
ground...   20 
"  court,   on  etlk  or  on 

cambric 30 

"  busts,  casts,    statues 

or  ornaments 30 

Planks,  wrought  or  rough..   20 

Plants free. 

Plane  irons 30 

Planes 30 

Plata  pina free. 

Plate,  sUver. 30 

Plated   wares  of  all  kinds, 
not  otherwise  specified. .  30 

Platillas,  linen 20 

Platina,  unmanufactured.,  .free. 
"       manufactures  of. . .   30 

"       crucibles 30 

Pla3'ing  cards 30 

Pliers 30 

Ploughs 30 

"        plane 30 

Plumbago 20 

Plums 30 

Plumes,  ornamental 30 

Plush,  or  sliag,  worsted, ...  25 

"     cotton 25 

"     hair 25 

"     mohair,  or  goats' hair  25 
"     wool 30 


1857. 
Perct. 

24 

24 

8 

24 

24 

24 

24 

24 

24 
24 
24 
19 
15 
24 

24  »^ 
free. 
15 

24 

free. 

15 
free. 

24 

24 
free. 

24 

24 
15 
free. 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 
8 
24 
19 
24 
19 
19 
24 


V.  S.  Tariffs  oflSiG  and  1857. 


XXXIH 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
riush,  hatters',  of    silk  and 

cotton,  cotton  chief  value  25 
Pocket  books,  leather,  or  if 
leather  is  the  article  of 

chief  value 30 

Pocket  books,  pajier 30 

"      bottles,  green  glass.   30 
Poil   de   chevre,  wool   and 

cotton 30 

Points,  merino 30 

Pole  caps 30 

"  carriage  hooks 30 

"  ferrules 30 

Polishing  stones 10 

Polished  or  scraped  brass. .  30 

Polypodium 20 

Pomatum 30 

Pomegranates 20 

Pomegranate  peel 20 

Poplins,  stuff 25 

Poppy  heads 20 

"     oil 30 

"    seed free. 

Porcelain 30 

"         glass 30 

"        slates 25 

Pork 20 

Porphyry 30 

Portable  desks 30 

Porter 30 

Potasse,  prussiate  of 20 

Potassium 20 

Potash,  preparations  of. . . .  20 

Potatoes 30 

Pots,  black  lead 30 

"     blue 30 

"     cast  iron 30 

"     melting,  earthen 30 

Poultry  or  game,  prepared .  40 

Pounce 20 

Pound  ribbon 25 

Powder,  black  lead 20 

•'         blue 20 

"         of  brass 20 

"         puffs 30 

"        subtil,  for  the  skin  30 


1857. 
Per  ct. 

24 


24 
24 
24 

24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
8 
24 
15 
24 
8 

15 
19 
15 
24 
free. 
24 
24 
19 
15 
24 
24 
24 
15 
15 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
30 
15 
19 
15 
15 
15 
24 
24 


1846.  1857. 
Per  ct.  Per  ct. 
Powders,  pastes,  balls,  bal- 
sams, ointments,  oils,  wa- 
ters, washes,  tinctures, 
essences,  or  other  prepar- 
ations or  compositions 
known  as  sweet  scents, 
odors,  perfumes  or  cosme- 
tics ;  and  all  powders  and 
preparations  for  the  teeth 

or  gums 30  24 

Precious  stones,  set 30  24 

"        stones,  of  all  kinds, 

not  set 10  4 

"         stones,  glass,  imita- 
tion of,  set 30  24 

"        stones,  other  imita- 
tions of. 10  8 

Prepared  clay 20  4 

Pressing  boards 30  24 

Prepared  vegatables,  meats, 

poultry  and  game 40  30 

Preserves,  in  molasses,  and 

all  others 40  30 

Princess  stuff,  woollen 30  24 

Prints  or  engravings 10  8 

Prisms,  cut  glass 40  30 

Professional   books   of  per- 
sons arriving  in  the  U.  S.  free.     free. 
Protractors,  ivory  mounted  30  24 

Prunella 25  19 

Prunella  and  similar  fabrics, 
not  specified,  in  strips  or  i 

patterns  of  the  size  and 
shape  suitable  exclusively 
for  shoes,    bootees    and 

buttons „ 5  4 

Prunes 40  8 

Prussian  blue 20  4 

Pucheri 20  15 

Pullies,  iron,  brass,  copper 

or  wood 30  24 

Pumice 10  8 

Pumpkins 20  15 

Pumps,  stomach 30  24 

Punches,  shoe SO  24 

Punj urns,  Madras,  cottons. .  25  24 


XXXIV 


TI.  S.  Tarifs  of  IMQ  and  1857. 


1846.    1857. 
Per  ct  Per  ct. 

Purple  brown 20  15 

"      tin  liquor 20  15 

Putty 20  15 


Q 

vjuadrants  and  sextants. ...  30  24 

Quadrant  frames 30  24 

Quality  binding,  worsted. .   25  19 

Quassa  wood 20  15 

Quill  baskets 20  15 

Quilla  bark 15  12 

Quills 20  15 

Quiltings,    or    bed     quilts, 

cotton 25  24 

Quinine 20  15 

"        sulphate  of. 20  15 

R 

Radix,  or  angelica  root. ...  20  15 

Rag  stones 20  15 

Rags,  of  any  kind  of  cloth, 

wool  excepted 5  free. 

Raisins 40  8 

Rakes,  iron,  steel  or  wood.   30  24 

Rape  of  grapes 20  15 

"     seed 10  free. 

Rappers,  brass  or  iron  ....  30  24 

Raes,  cornu  cervi 20  15 

Rasps 30  24 

Ratfa 100  30 

Rattans,  unmanufactured. .   10  free. 

split 20  15 

Rattles,  wood,  ivory,  coral, 

or  with  bells 30  24 

Ravens  duck,  hemp  or  flax.   20  15 

Razors 30  24 

Razor  cases 30  24 

"      strops,  wood 30  24 

Reaping  hooks,  iron  or  steel  30  24 

Ready-made  clothing 30  24 

Red  chromate  of  potash  ...   20  15 

"    lead,  ground inoil. . ..  20  15 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

Red  precipitate 20 

"    Venetian,  dry 20 

"  "  ground  in  oil  30  . 

"    wood  and  red  Sanders 

wood 5 

"    wool,  or  fur  for  hatters  10 
Reeds,  unmanufactured. , . ,  10 

"       manufactured 30 

"       weavers' 30 

Reeves*  colors 30 

Regulus  of  antimony 20 

Reindeer  skins,  dressed. . .     20 
"  "      undressed  .     5 

"      tanned 20 

"       tongues 20 

Reps,  natural  silk  and  cotton  25 

"    silk 25 

Resin 20 

"     of  jalap 20 

"     nux  vomica 20 

Rest  pins 30 

Rhodium 20 

Rhubarb 20 

Ribbon   wire,    or  canetille, 
if    covered    with  cotton 

thread 30 

Ribbon  wire,  covered  with 

silk 30 

Rice 20 

Rifles 30 

Rigotine,  a  kind  of  woollen 

cloth 30 

Rings,  all  metal 30 

Rivets,  brass,  iron  and  steel  30 

Robes,  made  up 30 

Rochelle  salts 20 

"         or  common  salt . .   20 

Rock  moss 20 

Rocoa 10 

Rods  and  eyes  of  metal,  for 

stairs 30 

Rods,   wood,     composition, 
casement,    slit    or  rolled 

steel 30 

Rolls,  brown  or  white  linen  20 
Roller  buckles,  as  saddlery. 


1867. 
Per  ct 

15 

15 

24 

free. 

8 

free. 

24 

24 

24 

8 

19 

4 

19 

15 

19 

10 

8 

8 

8 

24 

15 

15 


24 

24 
15 
24 

24 
24 
24 
24 
15 
15 
15 
4 

24 


24 
15 


Z7.  S.  Tariffs  o/1846  and  1857. 


1846.    1857. 

Per  ct.    Per  ct. 

Romals,  cotton  goods 25  24 

■Roman  cement 20  15 

"      vitriol 20  15 

Rope,  made  of  hides  cut  in 

strips 20  15 

Rope  or  cordage  of  cocoa  nut 

shells 25  19 

Rope,  made  of  grass  or  bark  25  19 

"      ciar  or  coiar 25  19 

Roots,  arrow 20  15 

"      madder 5  free. 

"       medicinal,   not    spe- 
cially   mentioned,  in 

a  crude  state 20  15 

"       all     not     otherwise 

enumerated free.  free. 

Rose  leaves 20  15 

"     water 30  24 

Rosin 20  15 

Rosolio 100  30 

Rotten  stone 10  8 

Rouens,  linen 20  15 

Rouge 30  24 

Rubrum,  bark  acer 20  15 

Rubies 10  4 

"      set 30  24 

Rugs,   for    bed     covering*, 

cotton, 25  24 

"      all  other 30  24 

Rules,  all SO  24 

Rum 100  30 

"    bay,  or  bay  water  ...    30  24 

••     cherry 100  30 

Russia  crash,  hemp 20  15 

"       dnck,    diaper,  linen, 
sheetings,  and  other 

of  ilax 20  15 

Rust  of  iron 20  15 

Rye 20  15 

"    flour 20  15 


s 


Sabres •. 30  24 

Saccharum  saturni,  S.  of  L .   20  15 

Sacking,  linen 20  15 


XXXV 

1857. 

Per  ct. 


1846. 

Per  ct. 
Saddlery,  all  not  otherwise 

specified 30  24 

Saddlery,  silver  plated ,  brass 

or  steel 30  24 

Saddlery,  tinned,  japanned 

or  common 20  15 

Saddle  hooks, 30  24 

"      trees 30  24 

Saddles 30  24 

Safflower 5  4 

Saffron 20  15 

cake 20  15 

Sago 20  15 

Salacine 30  24 

Sail  duck 20  15 

Sal  ammoniac 10  8 

"   diuretic 20  15 

"   succinic 20  15 

Salempores,  cottons 25  24 

Salep 20  15 

Salmon,  preserved 30  24 

"         in  oil...  40  30 

Salt 20  15 

Salts,  chemical,  all 20  15 

Salted  skivers,  roans  or  pelts     5  4 
Saltpetre,  or  nitrate  of  pot- 
ash, crude 5  4 

Salpetre,  refined 10  8 

"         partially  refined. .   10  8 

Sandarach,  refined 20  15 

Sandstones 20  15 

Sannas 25  24 

Sarcocolla,  crude 20  8 

Sardines,  (in  salt) 20  15 

and  all  fish  in  oil. .  40  30 

Sarsaparilla 20  15 

Sarsnets,  silk 25  19 

cotton 25  24 

Sash  fasteners 30  24 

Sashe3,silk 30  24 

Sassafras 20  15 

Satin,  Denmark 25  19 

"      gauze 25  19 

"      silk 25  19 

Sauces,  all  kinds,  not  other- 
wise enumerated 80  24 


XXXVl 


U.  S.  Tar',ffs  o/1846  and  1857. 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct  Per  ct. 
Saucepans,  copper,  iron  or 

tin 30  24 

Sausages,  (if  not  Bologna). .  40  30 

Saws, 30  24 

Saw  sets 30  24 

Sawns,  cottons 25  24 

Scagliola  tables  or  slabs. . .  40  30 

Scale  beams 30  24 

Scales 30  24 

Scammoniate 20  8 

Scantling 20  15 

"        and  sawed  timber 
not  planed    or  wrought 

into  shape  for  use 20  15 

Scarfs,  silk,  cotton  or  wool  30  24 

Scilla,  or  squills 20  15 

Scissors 30  24 

Scoop  nets 30  24 

Scotch  braces 30  24 

Scrapers 30  24 

Sea  weed,  and  all  other 
vegetable  substances  used 

for  beds  or  mattresses.. .   20  15 

Seeds,  garden free.  free. 

"       all  others  not  speci- 
fied  free.  free. 

Seed  lac 5  4 

Seines 30  24 

Segars 40  30 

"       paper 40  30 

Seltzer  water. 30  24 

Seneca,  or  radix  root 20  15 

Senna 20  15 

Sepia 20  15 

Serge,  woollen 30  24 

Sextants '..  30  24 

Shades,  lace,  sewed 30  24 

Shaddocks 20  8 

Shaving  soap, 30  24 

Shawls,  all 30  24 

Sheai-s 30  24 

Sheathing  metal,  patent, 
composed  in  part  of  cop- 
per  free.  free. 

Sheathing  paper 20  15 

Sheets,  willow 30  24 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
Sheetings,  linen,  hemp    or 

Russia,  brown  or  white. .   20 
Shell,  gold,  for  painting. ...  30 
"      silver,  for  painting..  30 
"      boxes,  not  otherwise 

enumerated 30 

Shell,  baskets 30 

"     turtle  or  tortoise 5 

Shellac 5 

Shells,  all  other 5 

Shingles 20 

Shirtings,  cotton    bleached    25 

"        linen 20 

Shirtings,  unbleached    ....  25 
Shirts,  woollen  or  worsted, 
and    all     other     similar 
manufactures     made    on 

frame 50 

Shirts,  silk 30 

Shoe  binding,  .silk. 25 

woollen 30 

"    thread 20 

Shoes   or  slippers  for  chil- 
dren  

Shoes  or  slippers  for  grown 

persons,  of  silk 

Shoes  or  slippers  of  leather 

for  men 

Shoes  or  slippers  of  prunella, 
stuff,  or  other  materials, 
except  silk,  for  women. 
Shoes,  i.  e.,  double-soled 
pumps  and  welts,  wo- 
men's, leather 30 

Shot  bags 30 

"     belts 30 

Shovels 30 

Shrubs free. 

Shute,  (Imperial) 20 

Shuttle-cocks    and    battle- 
dores   30 

Sickles,  iron,  steel 30 

Sieves,  lawn,  cypress,  wire 

or  hair 30 

Silks,  all  manufactures  of, 
not  otherwise  specified  . .  25 


30 


80 


30 


30 


1857 

Perot. 

15 
24 
24 

24 

24 

4 

4 

4 

15 

24 

15 

19 


24 
24 
19 
24 
15 

24 

24 

24 

24 


24 
24 
24 
24 
free. 
15 

24 
24 

24 

19 


U.  S.  Tariffs  o/lS46  and  1857. 


XXXVll 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

Silk,  raw,  not  more  ad- 
vanced in  manufacture 
than        singles,        tram, 

thrown  or  organzine 15 

Silk,  sewing,  all 30 

"          "         in  the  gum...   30 
"     aprons,    collars,    cuffs, 
chemizettes,  turbans,  man- 
tillas and  pellerines 30 

Silk  and  worsted  valeneias, 
toilenets  or  crape  de  Ly- 
ons  25 

Silk   and   worsted    shawls, 

hemmed 30 

Silk  and  worsted,  manufac- 
tures of 25 

Silk  and  cotton  vesting. ...  25 

"     bobbin  or  braids 25 

"     caps,  if  entirely  of  silk  30 

"     cords 25 

"     curls 30 

"  floss  and  other  similar, 
purified  from  the  gum. . .   25 

Silk  frizettes 30 

"     garters  with  wire  and 

clasps 30 

Silk  gloves 30 

"     tassels 25 

"  hats  or  bonnets  for  wo- 
men    30 

Silk  hat  bands 25 

"  handkerchiefs,  not  sew- 
ed  25 

Silk  hose 30 

"      "     sewed 30 

"     lace 25 

"     mitts 30 

"       "   sewed. 30 

"  manufactures  with  gold 
or  silver,  or  other  metal.   30 

Silk  pongees,  white 25 

"  ornaments,  oil  cloth, 
suspenders,  stocks,  stock- 
ings, twist 30 

SUk  watch  chains  or  ribbons  25 
"     webbing 25 


1857. 

Per  ct. 


free. 
24 
24 


24 


19 

24 

19 
19 
19 
24 
19 
24 

19 
24 

24 
24 
19 

24 
19 

19 
24 
24 
19 
24 
24 

24 
19 


24 
19 
19 


1846. 

Per  ct 
Silk,  all  other  articles,  not 
otherwise  specified,  made 
up  by  hand,  in  whole  or 

part 30 

Silver  bullion  and  coin. . .  .free. 
"      all   manufactures   of, 
not  otherwise  specified. . .  30 
Silver     plated     metal,     in 

sheets  or  other  form  ....  30 
Silver,  German,  in  sheets. . .   30 
"             "             manufac- 
tures of 30 

Silvered  wire 30 

Syrup  of  sugar  cane,  in  casks  30 

Sisal  grass 25 

Sithes, 30 

Skates 30 

Skeletons.. 20 

Skivers,  tanned 20 

"        pickled 5 

Skins,  pickled,  in  casks. ...     5 
"      of   all   kinds   in   the 
hair,   dried,  raw  or    un- 
manufactured       5 

Skins,  calf  and  seal,  tanned 

and  dressed 20 

Skins,  glazed,  as  patent  lea- 
ther     20 

Skins,  fish,  for  saddlers,  <fec..  20 
"  white,  for  druggists. .  20 
"      dressed     with    alum 

only 20 

Skins,     sheep,     tanned     or 

dressed 20 

Skins,  goat  or  morocco,  tan- 
ned and  dressed 20 

Skins,     kid,    tanned     and 

dressed 20 

Skins,  goat  and  sheep,  tan- 
ned and  not  dressed 20 

Skins,  kid  and  lamb,  tanned 

and  not  dressed 20 

Skins,  tanned  and  dressed, 
otherwise  than  in  colors, 
viz. :  fawn,  kid  and  lamb, 
known  aa  chamois 20 


1857. 
Perct 


24 
free, 

24 

24 
24 

24 
24 
24 
19 
24 
24 
15 
19 
4 
4 


4 

19 

19 
15 
15 

15 

19 

19 

19 

19 

19 

19 


XXXVlll 


n.  S.  Tanffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Skins,    -with     -wool     upon 

them 20 

Slates  of  all  kinds 25 

Sledges. 30 

Slick  stones 20 

Smalts 20 

Snails 20 

Snake-root 20 

Snaps,  a  clasp  or  ketch ....  30 

Snuff. 40 

Snuffers SO 

Snuffer  trays 30 

Soap,  all 80 

"     stocks  and  stuffs 10 

Soda,  ash 10 

"     preparations  or  manu- 
factures of 20 

Soie  blanch.  Chenille 25 

Solanine 20 

Soles,  felt  or  cork 30 

Sooty  romals,  cotton 25 

Souvenirs 30 

Soy 30 

Spars 20 

Spartaria 30 

Spatulas 30 

Spartateen,  or  coral 20 

Spa,  or  spaware 40 

Specimens  anatomical  pre- 
parations   30 

Spectacle  cases,  all 30 

"  glasses,  not  set.. .   30 

•'  "     pebble,  not 

set. 30 

Spectacles,  all 30 

Spelter,  manufactures  of. . .   30 
"        in    pigs,   bars     or 

plates 5 

Spelter,  in  sheets. 16 

Spermaceti   oil,    of  foreign 

fisheries 20 

Spider  net,   considered    as 

cotton  cloth 25 

Spirits,  yellow 20 

"      all,  distilled 100 

Spokeshaves 30 


1857. 
Perct. 

15 
19 
24 
15 
15 
15 
15 
24 
30 
24 
24 
24 
8 
4 

15 
19 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 
15 
24 
24 
15 
30 

24 
24 
24 

24 
24 
24 

4 
12 

15 

24 
15 
30 
24 


Spokes, . . . 
Sponges, . , 
Spoons,  all . 
Spunk. 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

30 

20 

30 

20 

Spurs,  all 30 

Springs,  for  wigs 30 

Spy-glasses 30 

Squares,  all 30 

Starch 20 

Stars  of  gold,  fine  and  half 

fine 30 

St.  Ignatius'  beans 20 

Statues    and   specimens    of 

statuary free. 

Staves,  all 20 

Stavesacre 20 

Steel,  cast,  shear  and  Ger- 
man, in  bars 15 

Steel,  in  bars,  all  other 20 

"     all  manufactures 30 

"      not  otherwise  provid- 
ed for 20 

Stereotype  plates 20 

Stiffeners  for  cravats 30 

Still  worms 30 

Stockinetts 30 

Stomach  pumps 30 

Stone  ware,  and  all  other 
ware  composed  of  earth 
or  mineral  substances, 
whether     gilt,     painted, 

printed  or  glazed 30 

Stone,  Armenian 20 

Stones,  Bristol 20 

"       caustic 20 

"       mill,  fit  for  use 20 

"       not      merchantable, 

ballast 20 

Stones,  oil 20 

Storax 30 

Straw  baskets 30 

"      carpets  and  carpeting  25 
"      for   hats,   in  natural 

state 20 

Stretchei's  for  umbrellas  and 
parasols 30 


1857 
Perct, 

24 

8 

24 

15 

24 

24 

24 

24 

15 


24 
15 

free. 
15 

15 

12 

15 
24 

15 
15 
24 
24 
24 
24 


24 
15 
15 
15 
15 

15 
15 
24 
24 
19 

15 

24 


U.  S.  Tarifs  of  18i6.  and  1857. 


XXXIX 


1846. 
Per  ct. 
Strings   of    musical  instru- 
ments, if  gut 20 

Strings,  bow,  if  gut 20 

"        hatters',  if  gut 20 

Strontian 20 

Strychnine 30 

Studs,  all 30 

Stuff,  princettas. 25 

"     goods,     all    kinds    of 

■worsted 25 

Succory,  ground 20 

Sugars,  all 30 

Sugar  of  lead 20 

"     syrup  of 30 

"     moulds,  hooped  or  not  30 
Sulphate  of  quinine,  of  rhu- 
barb, of  zinc,  of  magnesia 

or  of  iron 20 

Sulph.  mur.  tin 20 

Sulphur,  flor 20 

Sulphuric  ether 20 

Sumac 5 

Surgeons' instruments,  all. .   30 

Surplice  pins 30 

Suspenders,  all 30 

Suspender  ends 30 

Swans,  down  of. 25 

Swansdown,  woollen 30 

"  cloth 30 

Sweetmeats  or  comfits,  all. .  40 

Sword  knots,  lace 30 

gold  and  sil- 
ver, fine  and  half  fine. . .   30 
Sword  knots,  silk  or  worst- 
ed    25 

Shingle  and  stave  bolts. . . . 


1857. 
Per  ct. 

15 
15 
15 
15 
24 
24 
19 

19 
15 
24 
15 

24 
24 


15 
15 
15 
15 
4 
24 
24 
24 
24 
19 
24 
24 
30 
24 

24 

19 
free. 


Table  tops,  scagliola 40 

Tailors'  chalk 20 

Talc 20 

Tallow 10 

"      candles 20 


30 

15 

free. 

8 

15 


1846. 
Per  ct. 

Tamarinds,  preserved 40 

20 

Tamboreens 20 

Tannin 30 

Tapers,  paper,  with  cotton 

wick 30 

Tapers,  spermaceti,  stearine 

or  wax 20 

Tapioca 20 

Tares 20 

Tar,  Barbadoes,  crude 20 

"    coal 20 

Tarpaulings 20 

Tartrate    of    antimony,   or 

tart,  emetic 20 

Tasters,  cheese 30 

Teas,  all  kinds,  direct  from 

China  or  places  of  their 

growth free. 

Teas,  other 20 

Teazles 20 

Teeth,  all  other 5 

Telescopes 30 

Terraglis,  a  kind  of  coral. . .   20 
Terra-japonica. 10 

"     de  sienna,  dry  or  in  oil.  30 

"     umbra    30 

Teutenague,  in  sheets 15 

"         boxes 30 

"         unmanufactured     5 

Theriaque 20 

Thibet,  cashmere  of 25 

"       shawls,  real  or  goats' 

hair. 30 

Thibet,  shawls,  entirely  of 

combed  wool 30 

Thibet  shawls,  body  cotton, 

with  worsted  fringe 30 

Thimbles,  all 30 

Tlior  marine 20 

Thread,  escutcheons 80 

pack 30 

Thridace 20 

Ticks,  cotton 25 

Ticklenbergs 20 

Tifi"enies 25 


1857. 
PercU 

30 

8 

15 

24 

24 

15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 

15 
24 


free, 
15 
15 
4 
24 
15 

free. 
24 
24 
12 
24 
4 
15 
19 

24 

24 

24 
24 
15 
24 
24 
15 
24 
15 
19 


xl 


TJ.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Tiles,  marble 30 

"     paving  and  roofing. . .   20 
Timber,  hewn  or  sawed. ...   20 

Time  pieces 30 

Tin,  in  bars 5 

"   banca 5 

"   block 5 

"   boxes 30 

"    crystals  of. 20 

"   foil 15 

"   granulated 20 

"   grain 20 

"   liquor 20 

"   muriate  of 20 

"   oxide  of. 20 

"    in  pigs 5 

"   in  plates 1.5 

"  "      galvanized. ...  15 

"   in  sheets 15 

"   tagger 15 

"    all  manufactures  of . . . .  30 

Tinctures,  odoriferous 30 

"  baik,    and    other 

medicinal 30 

Tips  and  runners  for  parasols 

and  umbrellas,  metal ....  30 
Tippets,  if  classed  as  milli- 
nery  30 

Tobacco,  manufactured. .. .  40 
"         leaves,  or  unman- 
ufactured    30 

Toilet  glasses 80 

Toilenets 30 

Tolu,  balsam  of 30 

Tongues,  reindeer. 20 

"        sounds 20 

"        neats,  smoked. .. .  20 

Tonqua  beans 20 

Tools    and    implements    of 
trade  of  persons  arriving 
in  the  U.  S.,  not  including 
machinery  or  articles  im 
ported  for  manufacturing 
establishments,  or  on  sale.free. 
Tooth  brushes  or  powders. .  30 
"      picks,  all 30 


1857. 
Per  ct. 
24 
15 
15 
24 

free. 

free. 

free. 
24 
15 
12 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 

free. 

8 

8 

8 

12 

24 

24 

24 

24 

24 
30 

24 
24 
24 
24 
15 
15 
15 
15 


free. 
24 
24 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  ct, 

Topaz,  real 10  4 

"        imitation,  other  than 

glass 10  8 

Touch  stones 20  15 

Tow  sacking,  flax 20  15 

Toys,  of  every  description. .   30  24 

Trays  and  waiters,  all 30  24 

Treacle,  molasses 30  24 

Tresses,  lace 30  24 

Trees free.  free. 

Trufiles 40  30 

Trusses 30  24 

Tubes,  all 30  24 

Tug  buckles,  as  saddlery.. .  30  24 

Turmeric 5  free. 

Turquoises 10  4 

Turpentine,  spirits  of. 20  15 

Turtles 20  15 

Tweezers,  all 30  24 

Twine 30  24 

Types,  new  or  old 20  15 

"      metal 20  15 


u 

Umbrellas 30  24 

Umbrella  furniture 30  24 

V 

Valencias,  wool. ,,,,   30  24 

Valencias,  worsted 25  19 

Valicene 30  24 

Valonia 5  free. 

Vanilla,  plants  of free.  free. 

"        beans 20  15 

Varnishes,  of  all  kinds 20  15 

Vases,  porcelain,  containing 

flowers,  with  stands  and 

shades 30  24 

Vegetables,  prepared 40  30 

"  used  in  dyeing, 

or  in  composing  dyes,  in 

a  crude  state  .   6  free. 


U.  S.  Tariffs  o/l846  and  185T. 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  cL 

Vegetables,   not  otherwise 

provided  for 20  15 

Veils,  lace,  cotton  or  silk. . .  30  24 

Vellum 30  24 

Velvet,  cotton,  or  silk  and 
cotton,  cotton   the   chief 

value 20  24 

Velvet,  silk 25  19 

"       binding,  cotton. ...  25  24 
"       terry  or  figured,  in 
strips  or  patterns  of  the 
size  exclusively   for  but- 
tons      5  4 

Velvet  binding,  silk 25  19 

Velveteens,  cotton 25  19 

Veneering  rods 30  24 

Venetian  red,  dry  or  in  oil.   30  24 

Venison  hams 20  15 

Veratrine 20  15 

Verdigris 20  15 

Verditure 20  15 

VermiceUi 30  24 

Vermilion 20  15 

Vessels,  cast  iron,  not  other- 
wise specified 30  24 

Vessels,  copper 30  24 

Vestings,  cotton 25  24 

Vests 30  24 

Vinegar.. 30  24 

Violins 20  15 

Violin  strings,  gut  or  wire.   20  15 

Vitriol,  oil  of. 10  8 

"     blue 20  15 

"      green 20  15 

«     white 20  15 

w 

Wadding  paper 30  24 

Wafers 30  24 

Wagon  boxes 30  24 

Waiters,  all 30  24 

Walking  sticks  or  canes. . .   30  24 
Ware,  chemical  earthen  pot- 
tery, of  a  capacity  exceed- 
ing 10  gallons SO  15 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Washes 30 

Wash  balls 30 

Waste  or  shoddy 5 

Watch  crystals,  when  not  set  30 

Watch  pipe  keys 30 

Watches 10 

Watch  materials,  and  parts 

of  watches 10 

Water  wheels  of  iron 30 

"       colors 30 

Wax  beads 30 

"    bees',  bleached  or  un- 
bleached    20 

"    sealing 30 

"    shoemakers' 20 

Wearing  apparel,  new 30 

Webbing,  India  rubber. ...  30 

Wedgewood  ware 30 

Weld 5 

Wet  blue 20 

Whalebone,  of  foreign  fish- 
ing    20 

Whalebone,    of    American 

fishing free. 

Wheat 20 

"      flour 20 

Whetstones 20 

Whips 30 

Whisky,  all 100 

Whiting 20 

"       ground  in  oil 20 

Wick,  cottons  or  wick  yarns, 

as  cotton  yarn 25 

Wigs 30 

Willows 20 

Wines,  all 40 

Wire,  brass 30 

"     bonnet  or  cap,  covered 
with  silk 25 

"     all  other 30 

Wood,  bar 5 

"      Brazil 5 

"       Brazilletto 5 

"       chess  men 30 

"       camwood 5 

"      carmaguey 5 


1857. 

Per  cl. 

24 
24 
4 
24 
24 


4 
24 
24 
24 

15 
24 
15 
24 
24 
24 
4 
15 

15 

free. 
15 
15 
15 
24 
SO 
15 
15 

24 
24 
15 
30 
24 

19 
24 

free. 

free. 

free. 
24 

free. 

free 


xlii 


TI.  &.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 


1846. 

Per  ct. 

Wood,  dye,  all  in  sticks ...     5 

"      fire 30 

"      fustic 5 

"       goncallo,  aloes 30 

"      jacks 30 

"       ligniimvitae 30 

"       log 5 

•'       Nicaragua 5 

"       Pernambuco 5 

"       queen's 5 

''       red  Sanders 5 

"       red 5 

"       Rio  de  la  Hache. . .     6 
"      Santa  Martha,   and 
otber  dye-woods 5 

Wood,    sandals,    in    sticks, 
dust  or  powder 5 

Wood,    ebony   and    grana- 
dilla 20 

Wood,  unmanufactured,  of 
any  kind  not  enumerated  30 

Wood,  Jacaranda,  or  rose . .   20 
"      rose,  satin,  cedar  and 
mahogany 20 

Wood,  quassia,  crude 20 

"      all  manufactures  of, 
not  otherwise  specified. .   30 

Wool,  angora,  goats'  hair. .  20 
"      carded,  considered  as 
unmanufactured 30 

Wool,  costing  over   20  cts 
per  lb 20 

Wool,  if  cost  20  cents  or  less 
at  place  of  exportation  . .  free. 

Wool,  red,  natural 30 

"      if  cost  20  cents  or  less 
at  place  of  exportation    .free. 

Wool  hats 20 

Wool,   all    other    unmanu- 
factured    30 

Wool,  if  cost  20  cents  or  less 
at  place  of  exportation,  .free. 

Wool,  on  the  skin 20 

"     all  manufactures  of. . .  30 

Woollen  bags,  cloth  and  rugs  30 

"        cassimere 30 


1857. 

Perct. 

free. 
24 

free. 

24 

24 

8 

free. 

free. 

free. 

free. 

free. 

free. 

free. 

free. 

free. 

8 

24 

8 


15 

24 
free. 

24 

20 

free. 
24 

free. 
15 

24 

free. 
15 
24 
24 
24 


1846.  1857. 

Per  ct.  Per  ct. 

Woollen  flocks 5  4 

"       listings 20  15 

"         stockings,       bind- 
ings,  gloves,   mitts,  floor 

cloth  or  hosiery 30  24 

Woollen  tippets,  wove 30  24 

"       yarn 25  19 

Worms  for  stills 30  24 

Wormwood,  oil  of. 30  24 

Worsted     stufi",     all     piece 

goods 25  19 

Worsted  and  silk  shawls ...   30  24 
"        and    silk    shawls, 

hemmed 30  24 

Worsted  and  silk,  manufac- 
tures of    25  19 

Worsted  bags 25  19 

caps 30  24 

"        table  covers 25  19 

"        bindings 25  19 

"        braces,     hose     or 

drawers 30  24 

Worsted  plains 25  19 

gloves 30  24 

mitts 30  24 

toilinets 25  19 

twist 25  19 

"       valencias 25  19 

"       wove  pantaloons. .   30  24 

shirts 30  24 

"       shag  or  plush,  cut 

ornot 25  19 

Worsted  varn 25  19 


Yams 20  15 

z 

Zinc,  nails 30  24 

"    in  pigs,  or  unwrought  5  4 

"     in  sheets 15  12 

"     oxide  of 20  15 

"    manufactures  of 30  24 


TARIFF   OF    1846. 


A  BILL  KEDUCING  THE  DUTY  ON  BIPORTS,  AND  FOR  OTHER 

PURPOSES. 

Passed  July  29,  1846. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  in  Congress  assembled,  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  Decem- 
ber next,  in  lieu  of  the  duties  heretofore  imposed  by  law  on  the  articles  herein- 
after mentioned,  and  on  such  as  may  now  be  exempt  from  duty,  there  shall  be 
levied,  collected  and  paid  on  the  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  herein  enu- 
merated and  provided  for,  imported  from  foreign  countries,  the  following  rates 
of  duty — that  is  to  say : 

On  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  A,  a  duty  of  one 
hundred  per  centum  ad  valorem. 

On  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  B,  a  duty  oi  forty 
per  cent. 

On  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  C,  a  duty  of  thirty 
per  centum  ad  valorem. 

On  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  D,  a  duty  of  twenty- 
Jive  per  centum  ad  valorem. 

On  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  E,  a  duty  of  twenty 
per  centum  ad  valorem. 

On  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  F,  a  duty  oi  fifteen 
per  centum  ad  valorem. 

On  good,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  G,  a  duty  of  ten 
per  centum  ad  valorem. 

On  goods,  wai-es  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  H,  adutyof^ue 
per  centum  ad  valorem. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  Decem- 
ber next,  the  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  mentioned  in  Schedule  I  shall  be 
exempt  from  duty. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  De- 
cember next,  there  shall  be  levied,  collected  and  paid  on  all  goods,  wares  and 
merchandise  imported  from  foreign  countries,  and  not  specially  provided  for  in 
this  act,  a  duty  of  twenty  per  centum  ad  valorem. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  Taa.\,  in  all  cases  in  which  the  invoice  or 
entry  shall  not  contain  the  weight  or  quantity,  or  measure  of  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise  now  weighed  or  measured  or  gauged,  the  same  shall  be  weighed, 
gauged  or  measured  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  consignee. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  Decem- 
ber next,  in  lieu  of  the  bounty  heretofore  authorized  by  law  to  be  paid  on  the 


xliv  TJ.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 

exportation  o\  pickled  fish  of  the  fisheries  of  the  United  States,  there  shall  be 
allowed,  on  the  exportation  thereof,  if  cured  with  foreign  salt,  a  drawback 
equal  in  amount  to  the  duty  paid  on  the  salt,  and  no  more,  to  be  ascertained 
under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  im- 
ported after  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  which  may  be  in  the  public  stores  on 
the  second  day  of  December  next,  shall  be  subject  to  no  other  duty  upon  the 
entry  thei-eof  than  if  the  same  were  imported  respectively  after  that  day. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  twelfth  section  of  the  act  entitled 
"An  act  to  provide  revenue  from  imports,  and  to  change  and  modify  existing 
laws  imposing  duties  on  imports,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  August 
thirty,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-two,  shall  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  so  far 
modified,  that  all  goods  imported  from  this  side  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  or 
Cape  Horn  may  remain  in  the  public  stores  for  the  space  of  one  year,  instead 
of  the  term  of  sixty  days  prescribed  in  the  said  section ;  and  that  all  goods 
imported  from  beyond  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  or  Cape  Horn  may  remain  in 
the  public  stores  one  year,  instead  of  the  term  of  ninety  days  prescribed  in  the 
said  section. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  owner,  con- 
signee or  agent  of  imports  which  have  been  actually  purchased,  on  entry  of 
the  same,  to  make  such  addition  in  the  entry  to  the  cost  or  value  given  in  the 
invoice,  as  in  his  opinion  may  raise  the  same  to  the  true  market  value  of  such 
imports  in  the  principal  markets  of  the  country  whence  the  importation  shall 
have  been  made,  or  in  which  the  goods  imported  shall  have  been  originally 
manufactured  or  produced,  as  the  case  may  be ;  and  to  add  thereto  all  costs  and 
charges  which,  under  existing  laws,  would  form  part  of  the  true  value  at  the 
port  where  the  same  may  be  entered,  upon  which  the  duties  should  be  assessed. 
And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  collector  within  whose  district  the  same  may 
be  imported  or  entered,  to  cause  the  dutiable  value  of  such  imports  to  be  ap- 
praised, estimated  and  ascertained,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  exist- 
ing laws ;  and  if  the  appraised  value  thereof  shall  exceed  by  ten  per  centum  or 
more  the  value  so  declared  on  the  entry,  then,  in  addition  to  the  duties  imposed 
by  law  on  the  same,  there  shall  be  levied,  collected  and  paid  a  duty  of  twenty 
per  centum  ad  valorem  on  such  appraised  value.  Provided,  nevertheless.  That 
under  no  circumstances  shall  the  duty  be  assessed  upon  an  amount  less  than 
the  invoice  value ;  any  law  of  Congress  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Sec.  10.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  deputies  of  any  collector,  naval 
officer  or  surveyor,  and  the  clerks  employed  by  any  collectoi*,  naval  officer, 
surveyor  or  appraiser,  who  are  not  by  existing  laws  required  to  be  sworn,  shall, 
before  entering  upon  their  respective  duties,  or,  if  already  employed,  before 
continuing  in  the  discharge  thereof,  take  and  subscribe  an  oath  or  affirmation 
faithfully  and  diligently  to  perform  such  duties,  and  to  use  their  best  endeavors 
to  prevent  and  detect  frauds  upon  the  revenue  of  the  United  States ;  which 
oath  or  affirmation  shall  be  administered  by  the  collector  of  the  port  or  dis- 
trict where  the  said  deputies  or  clerks  may  be  employed,  and  shall  be  of  a  form 
to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Sec.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  Tliat  no  officer  or  other  person  connected 
with  the  navy  of  the  United  States,  shall,  under  any  pretence,  import  in  any 


TJ.  S.  Tarifs  of  1846  and  1857.  xlv 

Bhip  or  vessel  of  the  United  States,  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  liable  to 
the  payment  of  any  duty. 

Seo.  12.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  repugnant 
to  the  provisions  of  this  act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

SCHEDULE  A.      [100  ptr  cent.'] 

Brandy  and  other  spirits  distilled  from  grain,  or  other  materials ;  cordials, 
absj-nthe,  arrack,  curacoa,  kirschenwasser,  liqueurs,  marashino,  ratafia,  and  all 
other  spiritual  beverages  of  a  similar  character. 

SCHEDULE  B.     [40  per  cent.] 

Alabaster  and  spar  ornaments ;  almonds ;  anchovies,  sardines,  and  all  other 
fish  preserved  in  oil ;  camphor  refined ;  cassia ;  cloves ;  composition  tops  for 
tables,  or  other  articles  of  furniture ;  comfits,  sweetmeats,  or  fruit  preserved 
in  sugar,  ^brandy  or  molasses;  currants;  dates;  figs;  ginger  root,  dried  or 
green  ;  glass  cut ;  mace ;  manufactures  of  cedar  wood,  granadilla,  ebony,  ma- 
hoganj',  rosewood  and  satin  wood ;  nutmegs ;  pimento ;  prepared  vegetables, 
meats,  poultry  and  game  sealed  or  enclosed  in  cases,  or  otherwise ;  prunes ; 
raisins;  scagliola  tops  for  tables,  or  other  articles  of  furniture;  segars,  snufi\, 
paper  segars,  and  all  other  manufactures  of  tobacco ;  wines,  Burgundy,  cham- 
pagne, claret,  Madeira,  port,  sherry,  and  all  other  wines  and  imitations  of  wines. 

SCHEDULE  C.     [30  per  cent.] 

Argentine,  alabatta.'or  German  silver,  manufactured  or  unmanufactured;  ale, 
beer  and  porter  in  casks  or  bottles;  articles  embroidered  with  gold,  silver  or 
other  metal ;  articles  worn  by  men,  women  and  children,  of  whatever  material 
composed,  made  up,  or  made  wholly  or  in  part  by  hand  ;  asses'  skins  ;  balsams, 
cosmetics,  essences,  extracts,  pastes,  perfumes  and  tinctures,  used  either  for  the 
toilet  or  for  medicinal  purposes ;  baskets  and  all  other  articles  composed  of 
grass,  osier,  palm  leaf,  straw,  whalebone  or  willow,  not  otherwise  provided  for ; 
bay  rum ;  beads,  of  amber,  composition  or  wax,  and  all  other  beads ;  benzoates ; 
Bologna  sausages ;  bracelets,  braids,  chains,  curls  or  ringlets,  composed  of  hair, 
or  of  which  hair  is  a  component  part ;  braces,  suspenders,  webbing  or  other 
fabrics,  composed  wholly  or  in  part  of  India  rubber,  not  otherwise  provided 
for ;  brooms  and  brushes  of  all  kinds ;  cameos,  real  and  imitation,  and  mosaics, 
real  and  imitation,  when  set  in  gold,  silver  or  other  metal ;  canes  and  sticks  for 
walking,  finished  or  unfinished;  capers,  pickles  and  sauces  of  all  kinds,  not 
otherwise  provided  for;  corks;  earthen,  China  and  stone  ware,  and  all  other 
wares  composed  of  earthy  and  mineral  substances,  not  otherwise  provided  for ; 
fire  crackers;  flats,  braids,  plaits,  sparteere  and  willow  squares,  used  for  mak- 
ing hats  or  bonnets;  glass  tumblers,  plain,  moulded  or  pressed,  not  cut  or 
printed ;  hats  and  bonnets  for  men,  women  and  children,  composed  of  straw, 
satin  straw,  chip  grass,  palm  leaf,  willow,  or  any  other  vegetable  substance,  or 
of  hair,  whalebone  or  other  material,  not  otherwise  provided  for ;  caps,  hats, 
muffs  and  tippets  of  fur,  and  all  other  manufactures  of  fur,  or  of  which  fur 
shall  bs  a  component  material ;  caps,  gloves,  leggins,  mitts,  socks,  stockings, 
wove  shirts  and  drawers,  and  all  similar  articles  made  on  frames,  worn  by  men, 
women  or  children,  and  not  otherwise  pro\ided  for;  card  cases,  pocket  books, 
shell  boxes,  souvenirs,  and  all  similar  articles,  of  whatever  material  composed'; 


xlvi  TJ.  S.  Tariffs  o/1846  and  1857. 

carpets,  carpeting,  hearth-rugs,  bedsides,  and  other  portions  of  carpeting,  being 
either  of  Aubusson,  Brussels,  ingrain,  Saxony,  Turkey,  Venetian,  Wilton  or 
any  other  similar  fabric;  carriages  and  parts  of  carriages;  Cayenne  pepper ; 
cheese;  cinnamon;  clocks  and  parts  of  clocks ;  clothing,  ready  made,  and 
wearing  apparel  of  every  description,  of  -whatever  material,  composed,  made 
up  or  manufactured  wholly  or  in  part  by  the  tailor,  sempstress  or  manufacturer; 
coach  and  harness  furniture  of  all  kinds ;  coal ;  coke  and  culm  of  coal ;  combs  of 
all  kinds ;  compositions  of  glass  or  paste,  when  set ;  confectionery  of  all  kinds, 
not  otherwise  provided  for ;  coi'al,  cut  or  manufactured ;  cotton  cords,  gimps 
and  galloons;  court  plaster;  crayons  of  all  kinds;  cutlery  of  all  kinds;  dia- 
monds, gems,  pearls,  rubies  and  other  precious  stones,  and  imitations  of  pre- 
cious stones,  when  set  in  gold,  silver  or  other  metal ;  dolls  and  toys  of  all  kinds ; 
epaulets,  galloons,  laces,  knots,  stars,  tassels,  tresses  and  wings  of  gold,  silver 
or  other  metal;  fans  and  fire  screens  of  every  description,  of  whatever  material 
composed  ;  feathers  and  flowers,  artificial  or  ornamental,  and  parts  thereof,  of 
whatever  material  composed ,  frames  and  sticks  for  umbrellas,  parasols  and 
sunshades,  finished  or  unfinished ;  furniture,  cabinet  and  household ;  ginger, 
ground  ;  grapes ;  gum  benzoin  or  benjamin  ;  hair  pencils ;  hat  bodies  of  cotton  ; 
hemp,  unmanufactured  ;  honey ;  human  hair,  cleansed  or  prepared  for  use ; 
ink  and  ink  powder ;  iron,  in  bars,  blooms,  bolts,  loops,  pigs,  rods,  slabs  or  other 
form,  not  otherwise  provided  for ;  castings  of  iron  ;  old  or  scrap  iron ;  vessels 
of  cast  iron ;  japanned  ware  of  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  jewelry, 
real  or  imitation;  jet  and  manufactures  of  jet,  and  imitations  thereof;  lead 
pencils;  raaccaroni,  vermicelli,  gelatine,  jellies,  and  all  similar  preparations; 
manufactures  of  the  bark  of  the  cork  tree,  except  corks ;  manufactures  of  bone, 
shell,  horn,  pearl,  ivory  or  vegetable  ivory  ;  manufactures,  articles,  vessels,  and 
wares,  not  otherwise  provided  for,  of  brass,  copper,  gold,  iron,  lead,  pewter, 
platina,  silver,  tin  or  other  metal,  or  of  which  either  of  those  metals  or  any 
other  metal  shall  be^^the  component  material  of  chief  value ;  manufactures  of 
cotton,  linen,  silk,  wool  or  worsted,  if  embroidered  or  tamboured  in  the  loom 
or  otherwise,  by  machinery,  or  with  the  needle,  or  other  process ;  manufactures, 
articles,  vessels  and  wares  of  glass,  or  of  which  glass  shall  be  a  component  ma- 
terial, not  otherwise  provided  for ;  colored,  stained  or  painted  glass ;  glass 
crystals  for  watches ;  glasses  or  pebbles  for  spectacles ;  paintings  on  glass ;  por- 
celain glacs;  manufactures  and  articles  of  leather,  or  of  which  leather  shall  be 
a  component  part,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  manufactures  and  articles  of 
marble,  marble  paving  tiles,  and  all  other  marble  more  advanced  in  manufac- 
ture than  in  slabs  or  blocks  in  the  rough ;  manufactuj:es  of  paper,  or  of  which 
paper  is  a  component  material,  not  otherwise  providedjfor;  manufactures,  arti- 
cles and  wares  of  papier  mache ;  manufactures  of  wood,  or  of  which  wood  is  a 
component  part,  not  otherwise  provided  for  ;  manufactures  of  Wool,  or  of  which 
wool  shall  be  the  component  material  of  chief  value,  not  otherwise  provided 
for;  medicinal  preparations,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  metallic  pens;  min- 
eral waters;  molasses;  muskets,  rifles  and  other  fire  arms;  nuts,  not  otherwise 
provided  for;  oil  cloth  of  every  description,  of  whatever-material  composed; 
ochres  and  ochry  earths  used  in  the  composition  of  painters'  colors,  whether 
dry  or  ground  in  oil ;  oils,  volatile,  essential  or  expre^^ed,  and  not  otherwise 
provided  for  •  olive  oil,  in  casks  other  than  salad  oil ;  olive  salad  oil,  and  all 


U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857.  xlvii 

other  olive  oil,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  olives;  paper,  antiquarian,  demy, 
drawing,  elephant,  foolscap,  imperial,  letter  and  all  other  paper  not  otherwise 
provided  for ;  paper  boxes,  and  all  other  fancy  boxes ;  paper  envelopes ;  para- 
sols and  sunshades;  parchment;  pepper;  plated  and  gilt  ware  of  all  kinds; 
plaj'ing  cards ;  plums ;  potatoes  ;  red  chalk  pencils ;  saddlery  of  all  kinds,  not 
otherwise  provided  for  ;  salmon,  preserved  ;  sewing  silk,  in  the  gum  or  purified ; 
shoes  composed  wholly  of  India  rubber;  sealing  wax;  silk  twist  and  twist 
composed  of  silk  and  mohair;  side-arms  of  every  description;  silver-plated 
metal,  in  sheets  or  other  form ;  soap,  Castile,  perfumed,  Windsor,  and  all  other 
kinds;  sugar  of  all  kinds;  tobacco,  unmanufactured ;  syrup  of  sugar;  twines 
and  pack  thread,  of  whatever  material  composed  ;  umbrellas;  vellum  ;  vinegar  ; 
wafers ;  water  colors ;  fire-wood,  and  wood  unmanufactured,  not  otherwise 
provided  for;  wool,  unmanufactured. 

SCHEDULE  D.     [25  per  cent-l 

Buttons  and  button  moulds  of  all  kinds  ;  borax  or  tinctal ;  Burgundy  pitch ; 
calomel,  and  all  other  mercurial  preparations  ;  camphor,  crude  ;  feather  beds, 
feathers  for  beds,  and  downs  of  all  kinds;  floss  silks ;  grass  cloth  ;  hair  cloth, 
hair  seating,  and  all  other  manufactures  of  hair  not  otherwise  provided  for ; 
jute.  Sisal  grass,  coir  and  other  vegetable  substances  unmanufactured,  not 
otherwise  provided  for;  baizes,  bockings,  flannels  and  floor-cloths,  of  whatever 
material  composed,  not  otherwise  provided  for ;  cables  and  cordage,  tai'red  or 
untarred ;  cotton  laces,  cotton  insertings,  cotton  trimming  laces,  cotton  laces 
and  braids  ;  manufactures  composed  wholly  of  cotton,  not  otherwise  provided 
for;  manufactures  of  goats'  hair  or  mohair,  or  of  which  goats'  hair  or  mohair 
shall  be  a  component  material,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  matting,  Chinese 
and  other  floor  matting,  and  mats  made  of  flags,  jute  or  grass ;  manufactures  of 
silk,  or  of  which  silk  shall  be  a  component  material,  not  otherwise  provided 
for ;  manufactures  of  worsted,  or  of  which  worsted  shall  be  a  component  ma- 
terial, not  otherwise  provided  for ;  roofing  slates ;  slates,  other  than  roofing 
slates  ;  woollen  and  worsted  yarn. 

SCHEDULE  E.  [20  per  cent.] 
Acids,  acetic,  acetous  benzoic,  boracic,  chromic,  citric,  muriatic,  white  and 
j-ellow,  nitric,  pyroligneous  and  tartaric,  and  all  other  acids  of  every  descrip- 
tion, used  for  chemical  or  medicinal  purposes,  or  for  manufacturing,  or  in  the 
fine  arts,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  aloes;  Angora,  Thibet  and  other  goats' 
hair  or  mohair  unmanufactured;  cedar  wood,  ebony,  granadilla,  mahogany, 
rosewood  and  satiuwood,  unmanufactured  ;  cream  of.tartar  ;  extract  of  indigo  ; 
extracts  and  decoctions  of  logwood  and  other  dye-woods,  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for;  extracts  of  madder;  flaxseed;  green  turtle;  gunny  cloth  ;  alum; 
amber ;  ambergris ;  anise  seed  ;  animal  carbon ;  antimony ;  crude  and  regains 
of;  arrowroot;  articles,  not  in  a  ci'ude  state,  used  in  dyeing  or  tanning,  not 
otherwise  provided  for ;  assafoetida;  bacon;  bananas;  barley;  beef;  beeswax; 
berries,  vegetables,  flowers  and  barks,  not  otherwise  provided  for ;  bismuth ; 
bitter  apples  ;  blankets  of  all  kinds  ;  blank  books,  bound  or  unbound  ;  blue  or 
Roman  vitriol,  or  sulphate  of  copper ;  boards,  planks,  staves,  lath,  scantling, 
spars,  hewn  and  sawed  timber,  and  timber  to  be  used  in  building  wharves; 
bronze  liquor ;  iron  liquor ;  lac  spirits  ;  manna ;  marble  in  the  rough,  slab  or 


xlviii  U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 

block,  unmanufactured;  Dutch  and  bronze  metal  in  leaf;  needles  of  all  kinds 
for  sewing,  darning  or  knitting ;  ozier  or  -willow  prepared  for  basket-makers' 
use;  paving  stones  ;  paving  and  roofing  tiles  and  bricks  ;  boucho  leaves;  brec- 
cia; bronze  powder ;  butter;  cadmium;  calamine;  cantharides;  caps,  gloves, 
leggins,  mitts,  socks,  stockings,  wove  shirts  and  drawers,  made  on  frames,  com- 
posed wholly  of  cotton,  worn  by  men,  women  and  children ;  cassia  buds ;  castor 
oil ;  castorum  ;  chocolate  ;  chromate  of  lead  ;  chromate,  bichromate,  hydriodate 
and  prussiate  of  potash ;  cobalt ;    cocoa  nuts ;    cocculus  indicus ;  copperas  or 
green  vitriol,  or  sulphate  of  iron  ;  copper  rods,  bolts,  nails  and  spikes  ;  copper 
bottoms  ;  plaster  of  Paris  when  ground  ;  quicksilver ;  saffron  and  saffron  cake ; 
seppia ;  steel,  all  than   otherwise   provided  for ;    copper  in  sheets  or  plates, 
called  braziers'  copper,  and  other  sheets  of  copper,  not  otherwise  provided  for  ; 
cubebs  ;  dried  pulp ;  emery ;  ether ;  felspar ;  fig  blue ;  fish,  foreign,   whether 
fresh,  smoked,  salted,  dried  or  pickled,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  fish  glue  or 
isinglass;  fish  skins ;  flour  of  sulphur ;  Frankfort  black;  French  chalk;  fruit, 
green  or  ripe,  not  otherwise  provided  for  ;  fulminates  or  fulminating  powders  ; 
furs  dressed  on  the  skin  ;  gamboge  ;  glue  ;  gunpowder;  hair,  curled,  moss,  sea- 
weed, and  all  other  vegetable  substances  used  for  beds  or  mattresses ;  hams ; 
hats  of  wool ;  hat  bodies,  made  of  wool,  or  of  which  wool  shall  be  a  compo- 
nent material  of  chief  value ;  hatters'  plush,  composed  of  silk  and  cotton,  but 
of  which  cotton  is  the  component  material  of  chief  value  ;  hemp  seed  or  lin- 
seed, and  rapeseed  oil,  and  all  other  oils  used  in  painting ;  Indian  corn  and  corn 
meal;  ipecacuanha;   iridium;  iris  or  orris  root;  ivory  or  bone  black ;  jalap ; 
juniper  berries;  lac  sulphur;  lamp  black;    lard;    leather,  tanned,  bend  or 
6ole;  leather,  upper,  of  all  kinds;  lead,  in  pigs,  bars  or  sheets;  leaden  pipes; 
leaden  shot;    leeches;    linens  of   all  kinds;  liquorice   paste,  juice  or   root; 
litharge;  malt;  manganese;  manufactures  of  flax,  not  otherwise  provided  for; 
manufactures  of  hemp,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  marine  coral,  unmanufac- 
tured ;  medicinal  drugs,  roots  and  leaves,  in  a  crude  state,  not  otherwise  provid- 
ed for ;  metals,  unmanufactured,  not  otherwise  provided  for ;  mineral  and  bitu- 
minous substances  in  a  crude  state,  not  otherwise  provided  for  ;  musical  instru- 
ments of  all  kinds,  and  strings   for  musical  instruments  of  Avhip  gut  or  catgut, 
and  all  other  strings  of  the  same  material;  nitrate  of  lead  ;  oats  and  oatmeal; 
oils,  neatsfoot  and  other  animal  oil,  spermaceti,  whale  and  other  fish  oil,  the 
produce  of  foreign  fisheries;  opium;  oranges,  lemons  and  limes;  orange  and 
lemon  peel ;  patent  mordant ;  paints,  dry  or  ground  in  oil,  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for ;  paper  hangings  and  paper  for  screens  or  fireboards ;  pearl  or  hulled 
barley  ;  periodicals  and  other  works  in  the  course  of  printing  and  republication 
in  the  United  States;  pine  apples;  pitch;  plantains  ;  plumbago;  pork;  potas- 
sium; Prussian  blue;  pumpkins;  putty;  quills;  red  chalk;    rhubarb;  rice  or 
paddy;  roll  brimstone;  Roman  cement;  rye  and  rye  flour;  saddlery,  common, 
tinned  or  japanned;  sago;  sal  soda,  and  all  carbonates  of  soda,  by  whatever 
names  designated,  not  otherwise  provided  for ;  salts,  Epsom,  glauber,  Rochelle 
and  all  other  salts  and  preparations  of  salts,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  sarsa- 
parilla;  shaddocks;  sheathing  paper ;  skins,  tanned  and  dressed  of  all  kinds; 
skins  of  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  provided  for;  slate  pencils;  smalts;  sperma- 
ceti candles  and  taper?  ;  spirits  of  turpentine  ;  sponges  ;  spunk ;  squills ;  starch; 
stearine  candles  and  tapers;    stereotype  plates;    still  bottoms;    sulphate  of 


U.  IS.  Tariffs  of  lSi6  and  1857.  xlix 

barytes,  crude  or  refined ;  sulphate  of  quinine;  tallow  candles;  tapioca;  tar; 
thread  laces  and  insertings;  tj-pe  metal ;  t3-pe9,  new  or  old  ;  vanilla  beans; 
verdigris ;  velvet,  in  the  piece,  composed  wholly  of  cotton  ;  velvet,  in  the 
piece,  composed  of  cotton  and  silk,  but  of  which  cotton  is  the  component  ma- 
terial of  chief  value  ;  Vermillion  ;  wax  candles  and  tapers ;  whalebone,  the  pro- 
duce of  foreign  fisheries ;  wheat  and  wheat  flour ;  white  and  red  lead  ;  whit- 
ing, or  Paris  white ;  white  vitriol,  or  sulphate  of  zinc ;  window  glass,  broad, 
CTOwn  or  cylinder ;  woollen  listings  ;  yams. 

SCHEDULE  F.  [15  per  cent.l 
Arsenic  bark,  Peruvian;  bark  Quilla;  Brazil  paste;  brimstone,  crude,  iu 
bulk  ;  cork  tree  bark,  unmanufactured  ;  codilla,  or  tow  of  hemp  or  flax ;  dia- 
monds, glaziers',  set  or  not  set ;  dragons'  blood  ;  flax,  unmanufactured;  gold  and 
silver  leaf;  mineral  kermes  ;  silk,  raw,  not  more  advanced  in  manufacture  than 
singles  tram  and  thrown  or  organzine ;  terne  tin  plates  ;  tin  foil ;  tin  in  plates 
or  sheets ;  tin  plates  galvanized,  not  otherwise  provided  for ;  steel  in  bars,  cast, 
shear  or  German;  zinc,  spelter  or  teutenegue  in  sheets. 

SCHEDULE  G.  [10  per  cent.^ 
Ammonia;  anatto,  rancon  or  Orleans;  barilla;  books,  printed,  magazines, 
pamphlets,  periodicals  and  illustrated  newspapers,  bound  or  unbound,  not 
otherwise  provided  for;  bleaching  powders  or  chloride  of  lime;  building 
stones ;  burr  stones,  wrought  or  uuwrought ;  cameos  and  mosaics,  and  imita- 
tions thereof,  not  set;  chronometers,  box  or  ships',  and  parts  thereof ;  cocoa; 
cochineal;  cocoa  shells  ;  compositions  of  glass  or  paste,  not  set ;  cudbear;  dia- 
monds, gems,  pearls,  rubies  and  other  precious  stones,  and  imitations  thereof, 
when  not  set ;  engravings  or  plates,  bound  or  unbound  ;  hemp  seed  ;  linseed 
and  rapeseed  ;  fullers'  earth ;  furs,  hatters',  dressed  or  imdressed,  not  on  the 
skin  ;  furs,  undressed,  when  on  the  skin  ;  goldbeaters'  skins ;  gum  Arabic  ; 
gum  Senegal ;  gum  Tragacanth  ;  gum  Barbary  ;  gum  East  India  ;  gum  Jedda ; 
gum  substitute  or  burnt  starch ;  indigo ;  kelp ;  natron ;  terra  japonica  or 
catechu;  hair  of  all  kinds,  uncleaned  and  unmanufactured;  India  rubber,  in 
bottles,  slabs  or  sheets,  unmanufactured ;  lemon  and  lime  juice;  lime;  maps 
and  charts;  music  and  music  paper,  with  lines,  bound  or  unbound;  nux  vomi- 
ca ;  oils,  palm  and  cocoa  nut ;  orpiment ;  palm  leaf,  unmanufactured  ;  polishing 
stones;  pumice  and  pumice  stone;  rattans  and  reeds,  unmanufactured  ;  rotton 
stone  ;  sal  ammonia ;  saltpetre,  (or  nitrate  of  soda  or  potash,)  refined  or  par- 
tially refined  ;  soda-ash;  sulphuric  acid  or  oil  of  vitriol;  tallow,  marrow,  and 
'  all  other  grease  and  soap  stocks  and  soap  stuffs,  not  otherwise  provided  for; 
watches  and  parts  of  watches;  watch  materials  of  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for  ;  woad  or  pastel. 

SCHEDULE  H.  [5  per  06711.1 
Alcornoque,  argol  or  crude  tartar ;  bells,  when  old,  or  bell  metal,  fit  only  to 
be  remanufactured ;  brass,  in  pigs  or  bars ;  Brazil  wood,  and  all  other  dye- 
woods  in  sticks  ;  brass,  when  old,  and  fit  only  to  be  remanufactured  ;  bristles; 
cfcalk,  not  otherwise  provided  for  ;  clay,  unwrought ;  copper,  in  pigs  or  bars  ; 
copper,  when  old,  and  fit  only  to  be  remanufactured ;  flints ;  grindstones, 
wrought  or  unwrought;  berries,  nuts,  and  vegetables  used  exclusivel}'  in  dye- 
ing or  in  composing  d^'es  ;   but  no  article  shall  be  classed  as  such  that  has  un- 


1  U.  S.  Tariffs  of  1846  and  1857. 

dergone  any  manufacture ;  ivory,  unmanufactured ;  ivory  nuta  or  vegetable 
ivory;  madder  root;  nutgalls ;  pearl,  mother  of ;  lastings,  suitable  for  shoes, 
boots,  bootees  or  buttons,  exclusively  ;  manufactures  of  mohair  cloth,  silk  twist  or 
other  manufactures  of  cloth,  suitable  for  the  manufacture  of  shoes,  boots,  bootees 
or  buttons,  exclusively  ;  horns,  horn-tips,  bones,  bone  tips  and  teeth,  unmanufac- 
tured ;  kermes  ;  lac  dye  ;  lac  spirits  ;  madder,  ground  ;  nickel ;  pewter,  when  old, 
>nd  fit  only  to  be  remanufactured ;  rags,  of  whatever  material ;  raw  hides  and 
.ns  of  all  kinds,  whether  dried,  salted  or  pickled,  not  otherwise  provided 
ior ;  safflower  ;  saltpetre,  or  nitrate  of  soda  or  potash,  when  crude  ;  seed  lac  • 
shellac;  sumac;  tin  in  pigs,  bars  or  blocks;  tortoise  and  other  shells  unmanu 
factured;  tumeric;  waste  or  shoddy;  weld;  zinc,  spelter  or  teutenegue,  un- 
manufactured, not  otherwise  provided  for. 

SCHEDULE  I.     [Free.'] 

Animals  imported  for  breed ;    bullion,  gold   and  silver ;    cabinets  of  coins, 
medals,  and  other  collections  of  antiquities;  cofifee  and  tea,  when  imported 
direct  from  the  place  of  their  growth  or  production,  in  American  vessels,  or  in 
foreign  vessels  entitled  by  recipi'ocal  treaties  to  be  exempt  from  discriminating 
duties,  tonnage  and  other  charges ;  coffee,  the  growth  or  production  of  the 
possessions  of  the  Netherlands,  imported  from  the  Netherlands  in  the  same 
manner;  coins,  gold,  silver  and  copper;  copper  ore;  copper,  when  imported 
for  the  United  States  Mint ;  cotton  ;  felt,  adhesive,  for  sheathing  ;  garden  seeds, 
and  all  other  seeds  not  otherwise  provided  for;  goods,  wares  and  merchandise, 
the  growth,  produce  or  manufacture  of  the  United  States  exported  to  a  foreign 
country,  and  brought  back  to  the  United  States  in  the  same  condition  as  when 
exported,  upon  which  no  drawback  or  bounty  has  been  allowed :  Provided, 
That  all  the  regulations  to  ascertain  the  identitj'  thereof,  prescribed  by  existing 
laws,  or  which  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  shall  be 
complied  with ;  guano ;  household  effects,  old  and  in  use,  of  persons  or  families 
from  foreign  countries,  if  used  abroad  by  them,  and  not  intended  for  any  other 
person  or  persons,  or  for  sale  ;  junk,  old ;  models  of  inventions  and  other  improve- 
ments in  the  arts :  Provided,  That  no  article  or  articles  shall  be  deemed  a  model 
or  improvement  which  can  be  fitted  for  use  ;  oakum ;  oil,  spermaceti,  whale  and 
other  fish,  of  American  fisheries,  and  all  other  articles  the  produce  of  such  fish- 
eries ;  paintings   and  statuary,  the    production   of  American   artists   residing 
abroad,  and  all  other  paintings  and  statuary :  Provided,  The  same  be  imported 
in  good  faith  as  objects  of  taste,  and  not  of  merchandise  ;    personal  household 
eflects  (not  mercliandlse)  of  citizens  of  the  United  States  dying  abroad;  plaster 
of  Paris,  unground  ;  platina,  unmanufactured  ;  sheathing  copper  ;   but  no  cop- 
per to  be  considered  such,  and  admitted  free,  except  in  sheets  forty-eight  inches 
long  and  fourteen  inches  wide,  and  weighing  from  fourteen  to  thirty-four  ounces 
the  square  foot;  sheathing  metal;  specimens  of  natural  history,  mineralogy  or 
botany;  trees,   shrubs,  bulbs,  plants  and  roots,  not  otherwise  provided  for; 
wearing  apparel  in  actual  use,  and  other  personal  effects,  not  merchandise  ;  pro- 
fessional books,  instruments,  implements  and  tools  of  trade,  occupation  or  em- 
ployment, of  persons  arriving  in  the   United   States :   Provided,  That  this  ex- 
emption shall  not  be  construed  to  include  machinery  or  other  articles  imported 
for  use  in  any  manufacturing  establishment,  or  for  sale. 


APPENDIX. 


The  following  important  order  has  been  issued  from  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment : 

Treasury  Department,  March  17,  185Y. 

Sir, — I  have  to  advise  you,  for  j-our  information  and  government,  that  all 
goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  which  shall  be  in  the  public  stores  or  bonded 
warehovsen  on  the  1st  day  of  July  next,  whether  now  in  bond  or  bonded  at  any 
time  prior  to  that  date,  will  be  subject  on  entry  for  consumption  after  the  said 
1st  of  July,  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  reducing  the  duties  on  imports,  &c., 
approved  3d  iiist.,  to  no  other  duty  than  if  the  same  had  been  imported  after 
that  day :  but  tliat  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  now  in  bond  or  hereafter 
bonded,  if  entered  for  consumption  ^rior  to  the  said  1st  of  July,  will  be  liable 
to  the  payment  of  the  rates  of  duty  imposed  by  the  tariff  act  of  30th  January, 
1846.     Your  obedient  servant, 

Howell  Corb,  Sec.  of  the  Treasury. 
H.  J.  Redfield,  Esq.,  Collector,  <fcc..  New  York. 

A  statement  has  been  furnished  showing  the  changes  from  one  rate  of  duty 
to  another,  as  made  by  the  tariff  act  of  the  present  year,  when  applied  to  the 
importations  of  the  year  ending  30th  June,  1856.     It  is  as  follows: 

Value.  Bate,  act  of  IdlZ.        Rate,  act  o/lS5T. 

$4,552  from  40  percent,  to    15  per  cent. 


25,232 

ii 

30 

tt 

it 

15 

277,310 

(< 

40 

It 

tt 

8 

321,359 

it 

30 

tt 

tt 

8 

12,652 

ti 

25 

tt 

tt 

8 

440,028 

<f 

20 

tt 

tt 

8 

697,929 

a 

15 

ti 

tt 

8 

153,276 

n 

25 

tt 

it 

4 

2,205,360 

ti 

20 

tt 

ft 

4 

179,170 

tt 

15 

tt 

tt 

4 

8,395,313 

It 

10 

tt 

ft 

4 

1,665,930 

it 

30 

<( 

free. 

70,146 

tt 

25 

(( 

153,729 

tt 

20 

it 

1,546,715 

tt 

15 

tt 

190,778 

tt 

10 

St 

6,929,471 

tt 

5 

tt 

lii  Ajypendix. 

The  loss  of  revenue  by  additions  to  the  free  list  is $1,145,615  90 

Loss  of  revenue  by  transfers  to  Schedule  H.,  or  4  per  cent 775,535  67 

Loss  of  revenue  by  transfers  to  Schedule  G.,  or  8  per  cent 263,247  41 

Loss  of  revenue  by  transfers  to  Schedule  E.,  or  15  per  cent 4,922  80 

Subjoined  is  a  statement  exhibiting  the  revenue  which  the  importations  into 
the  United  States,  in  the  year  ending  SOth  June,  1856,  would  produce  under 
the  tariffact  of  1857:* 

Sclied.  Value  of  imports.  Rate  of  duty.  Amount  of  duties. 

A $4,001,575 30  per  cent $1,200,472  50 

B 8,662,188 30   "   2,598,656  40 

C 94,159,249 24   "    22,598,219  76 

D 71,074,265 19   "   13,504,110  35 

E 35,288,897 15   "   5,293,334  55 

F 5,892,347 12   "   707,081  24 

G 6,160,422 8   "   492,833  76 

H 8,553,050 4   "   942,122  00 


$248,791,993  $47,336,830  56 


*  This  includes  an  approximation  to  all  the  changes  made  by  the  new  tariff,  exeept  bleached, 
pnnted,  painted  and  dyed  manufactures  of  cotton,  and  of  delaines  transferred  from  Schedule  D. 
to  C,  (or  15  to  24  per  cent.,)  and  of  japanned  leather  or  skius,  transferred  from  Schedule  E.  to  D., 
(or  20  to  19.)  These  changes,  raising  from  a  lower  to  a  higher  schedule,  would  increase  the 
aggregate  above  given,  equal  to  the  difference  made  by  the  transfer,  and  in  proportion  to  the 
amount  of  such  importations,  which  are  not  returned  in  such  a  manner  aa  to  be  separated  from 
other  similar  goods. 


AN 


HISTORICAL    AND    STATISTICAL    ACCOUNT 


OP     THB 


FOEEIGN    COMMERCE 


OF     THK 


UNITED     STATES, 


BHOWnJQ   THE   FOREIGN   COMMERCE  OF   EACH   STATE,  WITH   THE   AGGREGATE   IMPORTS 

FROM,    AND   EXPORTS  TO,   EACH    FOREIGN    NATION,    FROM  THE   YEAR   1820   TO 

THE  YEAR  1856,  AND   THE   FOREIGN   COMSIERCE  OF  THE  UNITED   STATES 

WITH    EVERY   IMPORTANT    MARITIME    COUNTRY   IN   THE   WORLD 

DURING    THE    SAME    PERIOD;     INCLUDING    A    REVIEW    OF 

THE   PROGRESS   OF   AMERICAN   COMMERCE,    AND   A 

PRELIMINARY  SKETCH  OF  THE  TRADE  OP 

THE     AMERICAN     COLONIES. 


COMPILED      BY 


J.    SMITH    ROMANS,   Junior. 


NEW    YORK: 

PUBLISHED  BY  G.  P.  PUTNAM  &  CO.,  321  BROADWAY. 
J.  SMITH  HOMANS,  JUNIOR,  162  PEARL  STREET. 

1857. 


Massaehusetts. 


15 


FOREIGN  COMMERCE  OF  THE  STATE  OF  MASSACHUSETTS, 
Prom  October  1,  1820,  to  July  1,  1856. 


Years 

EXPORTS. 

IMPORTS. 

TONNAGE  CL'D. 

EJTDINQ 

Sept. 
30. 

Domestic. 

Foreign. 

Total. 

Total. 

Amekican. 

Foreign. 

1821 

$3,638,597 

$8,846,174 

$12,484,771 

$14,826,732 

129,741 

1,170 

1822 

4,072,166 

8,526,359 

12,598,525 

18,337,320 

135,834 

5,297 

1823 

3,944,935 

9,738,254 

13,683,239 

17,607,160 

135,040 

8,785 

1824 

4,038,972 

6,395,356 

10,4:34,328 

15,378,758 

134,952 

4,667 

1825 

4,262,104 

7,170,883 

11,432,987 

15,845,141 

145,972 

4,943 

1826 

3,888,138 

6,210,724 

10,098,862 

17,068,482 

139,746 

4,519 

1827 

3,820,349 

6,604,034 

10,424,383 

13,370,564 

130,056 

3,951 

1828 

4,096,025 

4,929,760 

9,025,785 

1.5,070,444 

138,999 

4,819 

1829 

8,949,751 

4.305,186 

8,254,937 

12,520,744 

140,187 

8,835 

1830 
Total, 

3,599,952 

3,613,242 

7,213,194 

10,45:3,544 

148,124 

5,176 

$39,311,039 

66,339,972 

105,651,011 

150,473,889 

1,378,651 

47,162 

1831 

4,027,201 

3.706,562 

7,733,763 

14,269,056 

157,530 

7,483 

1S32 

4,656,635 

7,337,133 

11,993,763 

18,118,900 

204,239 

25,676 

1833 

5,150,584 

4,532,538 

9,683,122 

19,940,911 

201,097 

31,785 

1834 

4,672,746 

5,476.074 

10,148,820 

17,672,129 

183,631 

81,299 

1835 

5,564,499 

4,479,291 

10,04:3,790 

19,800,373 

210,021 

38,167 

1836 

5,no.l96 

5,267,150 

10,380,346 

25,681,462 

219,057 

65,648 

183T 

4,871,901 

4,856,289 

9,728,190 

19,984,668 

188,:321 

59,559 

1838 

6,158,529 

2,946,333 

9,104,862 

13,3(Xi.925 

231,386 

38,995 

1839 

5,526,4.55 

3,749,630 

9,276,085 

19,385,22:3 

193,378 

45,069 

1840 
Total, 

6,268,158 

3,918,108 

10,186,261 

16,513,858 

187,995 

58,765 

$52,009,904 

46,269,103 

98,279,007 

184,667,505 

1,976,655 

892,446 

1841 

7,897,692 

4,089,651 

11,487,343 

20,318,003 

236,376 

73,628 

1842 

6,719,115 

3,087,995 

9,807,110 

17,986,43:3 

212,291 

86,848 

1843* 

4,4;i0,6Sl 

1,974,526 

6,405,207 

16,789,452 

188,295 

49,253 

1844 

6,371,836 

2,724,450 

9,096,236 

20,296,007 

229,281 

105,118 

1845 

7,756,396 

2,5'.14,634 

10,351,030 

22,781,024 

231,096 

122,212 

1846 

7,837,015 

2,476,1113 

10,318,118 

24,190,963 

237,384 

137,117 

1847 

9,262,777 

1,985,685 

11,248,462 

34,477,008 

235,800 

1.32,634 

1848 

9,308,337 

4,111,362 

18,419,699 

28,647,707 

296,883 

192,787 

1849 

8,174,667 

2,090,195 

10,264,862 

24,746,917 

280,187 

244,067 

1850 
Total, 

8,253,473 

2,428,290 

10,681,763 

30,374,684 

272,278 

274,674 

$75,511,989 

27,562,891 

103,074,880 

240,607,198 

2,869,871 

1,418,383 

1S51 

9,857,537 

2,495,145 

12,3.52,682 

32,715,327 

279,863 

846.937 

1852 

14,144,001 

2,402,498 

16,546,499 

3:3,504,789 

308,5:39 

348,974 

1853 

16,895,304 

3,059,972 

19,955,276 

41,367,956 

337,805 

879,023 

1854 

17,895,733 

3,542,766 

21,438,504 

48,563,788 

862,615 

375,391 

1865 

24,412,923 

3,778,002 

28,190,925 

45,113,774 

432,634 

380,850 

1856 

26,355,613 

3,467,247 

29,822,860 

43,814,884 

414,358 

372,213 

*  9  months  to  June  30,  and  the  fiscal  year  from  this  time  begins  July  1. 

PRINCIPAL  PORTS. 

Boston,  in  Massachusetts,  U.  S.,  lat.  42°  23'  N.,  long.  11°  4'  W.  The  city  Is 
situated  at  the  head  of  a  deep  bay,  on  a  peninsula,  being  surrounded  on  three  sides  by 
water.  Generally  there  is  sufficient  depth  of  water  to  enable  the  largest  ships  to 
come  up  to  the  city  at  all  times  of  the  tide;  and  they  usually  moor  alongside  of 
docks  where  there  is  perfect  safety.  The  depth  of  water  in  the  channel,  varies  from 
fifteen  to  thirty  feet.  It  Ls  the  great  center  of  the  commerce  of  New  England,  and 
in  this  capacity  receives  and  distributes  one  fifth  of  the  whole  commercial  material 
of  the  United  States.     The  tonnage  of  Boston,  in  1856,  was  521,117  tons. 

Salem,  city  and  port  of  entry,  Mass.  It  is  cliicfly  built  on  a  tongue  of  land 
formed  by  two  inlets  from  the  sea,  called  North  and  South  rivers ;  over  the  former 
axe  two  bridges  (one  of  which  is  crossed  by  the  railroad),  connecting  it  with  Beverly. 
The  harbor  has  good  anchorage  ground,  but  vessels  drawing  more  than  twelve  or 
fourteen  feet  of  water  must  be  partially  unloaded  before  they  can  come  to  its 
wharves.     The  tonnage  of  Salem  in  1856,  was  29,970  tons. 

Nantucket,  Masa     Tonnage  in  1856,  16,857  tons. 


Neio  York. 


21 


FOREIGN  COALAEERCE  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

FiiOM  October  ],  1820,  to  July  1,  1856. 


Years 

ENDING 

Sept. 
80. 

EXPORTS. 

IMPORTS. 

TONNAGE  CL'D. 

Domestic. 

Foreign. 

Total. 

Total. 

American. 

FOREIGIf. 

1S21 

$7,896,605 

$.5,264,313 

$13,160,913 

$23,629,246 

158,174 

10,720 

1S2-2 

10,987,167 

6,113,315 

17,100,482 

85,445,623 

185,666 

■  17,784 

1823 

11,362,995 

7,675,995 

19,038,990 

29,42 1,;349 

192,521 

23,553 

1824 

13,523,654 

9,368,480 

22,897,134 

36,113,723 

222,271 

18,142 

1825 

20,651,558 

14,607,703 

35,259,261 

49.039,174 

255,878 

19,851 

1828 

11,496.719 

10,451,072 

21,947,791 

38.115,630 

214,664 

21,365 

1827 

13,920,627 

9,913,510 

23,S;M,137 

38,719,644 

239,068 

33,375 

1823 

12,363,015 

10,415,634 

22,777,649 

41,927,792 

217,113 

42,373 

1829 

12,036,561 

8,082,450 

20,119,011 

34,743,307 

219,674 

32,855 

1830 
Total, 

13,618,273 

6,079,705 

19,697,983 

35,624,070 

229,341 

36,574 

$127,861,179 

87,972,177 

215,833,356 

36;J,379,563 

2,135,270 

256,.592 

1831 

15,726,118 

9,809,026 

25.535,144 

57,077,417 

251,331 

72,444 

18.52 

15,057.250 

10,943,695 

26,000,945 

53,214,402 

242,749 

101,967 

18.33 

15,411,296 

9,983,821 

25,395,117 

5.5,913,449 

384,175 

15'!,506 

18:U 

13,849,469 

11,662,545 

25,512,014 

73,188,594 

361,606 

238,650 

18;55 

21,707,867 

8,637,397 

30,345,264 

83,191,305 

589,855 

343,073 

1836 

19,816,520 

9,104,118 

28,920,633 

118,253,416 

477,524 

855,591 

1.837 

16,08.3,969 

11,254,450 

27,338,419 

79,301,722 

433,003 

404,784 

1833 

16,4;32,4.33 

6,576,038 

23,008,471 

68,453,206 

515,739 

328,763 

18:59 

23,296,995 

9,971,104 

83,263,099 

99,882,433 

569,736 

330,066 

1840 
Total, 

22,676,609 

11,587,471 

34,264,030 

60,440,750 

518,202 

343,114 

$180,058,526 

99,529,665 

279,588,191 

753,921,699 

4,346,975 

2,672,623 

1841 

24,279,603 

8,860.225 

83,139,8.33 

75,713,426 

600,307 

365,241 

1342 

20,739,2^6 

6,.8;37,492 

27,576,773 

57,875,604 

556,989 

340,520 

1S43* 

13,443,2:!4 

8,319,430 

16,762,664 

31,356,540 

381,281 

174,374 

1844 

26,(»09,177 

6,852,363 

82,361,540 

65,079,516 

978,813 

414,625 

1345 

25.929.904 

10,245,394 

36,175,298 

70,909,085 

926,280 

414,688 

1346 

29,.W5,866 

7,;i49,547 

36,9;»,413 

74,254,283 

1,120,944 

425,942 

1847 

44,816,480 

5,027,833 

49,844,363 

84,167,352 

1,040,340 

488,755 

1848 

38,771.209 

14,579,943 

53,351,157 

94,525,141 

1,004,316 

705.373 

1349 

36,738,215 

9,224,835 

45,963,100 

92,567,369 

1,358,643 

784,514 

1850 
Total. 

41,5112,800 

11,209,939 

52,712,789 

111,123,524 

1,411,557 

737,539 

$301,815,779 

83,507,156 

385,322,935 

757,571,340 

9,379,470 

4,351,571 

1851 

68,104,542 

17,902,477 

86,007,019 

141,.546,538 

1,538,313 

878,319 

1352 

74,042,581 

13,441,875 

87,484,456 

132,329,306 

1,570,927 

90(!,793 

1853 

66,030,355 

12,175.935 

73,206,290     : 

178,270.999 

1,959.902 

1,084,742 

ISM 

105,551,740 

16,982,906 

122,534,646     ; 

195,427,933 

1,918,317 

1,035,154 

1855 

96,414,303 

17,316,430 

113,731,238 

164,776,.511 

1,861,682 

1,140,197 

1856 

109,848,509 

9,262,991 

119,111,500 

210,162,454 

2,136,877 

1,385,577 

*  9  months  to  June  30,  and  the  fiscal  year  from  this  time  begins  July  1. 

PRINCIPAL  PORT. 

New  York,  State  of  New  York,  and  first  seaport  in  the  U.  S.,  in  lat.  40°  42'  N., 
long.  74°  8'  W.,  is  situated  on  Manhattan  Island,  at  the  point  of  conlluence  of  the 
Hudson  and  East  rivers,  the  latter  separating  it  from  Long  Island.  New  York 
bay,  or  inner  harbor,  is  one  of  the  finest  and  most  capacious  in  the  world  ;  it  is  com- 
pletely land-locked,  and  offers  the  very  best  anchorage.  At  the  ebb  tide  there  is 
about  21  feet  of  water  on  the  bar  at  Sandy  Hook,  and  the  water  in  the  inner  and 
outer  bays,  and  in  the  rivers,  is  deep  enough  to  allow  the  largest  class  of  vessel  to 
come  up  to  the  wharves.  Ice  rarely  impedes  navigation,  as  the  great  strength  of  tide 
clears  the  bay  twice  a  day.  The  city  is  about  20  miles  from  blue  water.  Besides 
the  entrance  through  the  Narrow.?,  there  is  one  through  Long  Island  Sound,  which 
gives  a  passage  to  Hurl  Gate,  witli  water  from  30  to  40  feet,  and  through  Hurl 
Gate  for  any  ordinary  vessel.  Taking  into  consideration  all  the  advantages,  New 
York  harbor  can  not  be  surpassed  anywhere  in  the  world.  The  tonnage  in  New 
York  in  1856  was  1,328,036  tons,  one  fourth  of  the  total  tonnage  of  the  United 
States. 


Pennsylvania. 


25 


FOREIGN  COMMERCE  OF  THE  STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA, 

From  October  1,  1820,  to  July  1,  1856. 


Tears 

EXPORTS. 

IMPORTS. 

TONNAGE  CL'D. 

ENDING 

Sept. 

30. 

Domestic. 

Foreign. 

Total. 

Total. 

American. 

FOREIGU. 

1821 

$2,832,387 

$4,559,380 

$7,391,767 

$8,158,922 

69,436 

8,641 

1822 

3,575,147 

5,472,655 

9,047,802 

11,874,170 

70,846 

6,745 

1S23 

3,139,809 

6,477,383 

9,617,192 

13,696,770 

75,630 

5,293 

1S24 

3,182,694 

6,182,199 

9,364,893 

11,865,531 

76,631 

6,635 

1825 

3,936,133 

7,33:?,848 

11,269,981 

15,041-,797 

82,435 

2,385 

1826 

3,158,711 

5,173,011 

8,331,722 

13,651,779 

69,444 

4,445 

1827 

8,391,296 

4,184,537 

7,5r5,S33 

11,212,935 

68,75:3 

4,097 

1S2S 

3,116,001 

2,935,479 

6,051,480 

12,884,408 

61,819 

6,880 

1829 

2,617,152 

1,472,783 

4,089,935 

10,100,162 

52,841 

4,625 

1830 
Total, 

2,924,452 

1,367,341 

4,291,793 

8,702,122 

63,022 

4,870 

$31,873,782 

45,158,616 

77,032,398 

117,088,586 

690,857 

46,616 

1831 

8,594,302 

1,919,411 

5,513,713 

12,124,083 

65,149 

7,596 

1832 

2,008,991 

l,5u7,075 

3,516,066 

10,678,358 

46,726 

14,131 

1833 

2.671,300 

1,407,651 

4.078,951 

10,451,250 

49,109 

22.378 

1834 

2,031,803 

1,957,943 

3,9.9,746 

10,470,268 

46,411 

16,236 

1.S35 

2,416,099 

1,323,176 

3,739,275 

12,389,937 

57,088 

10,935 

1836 

2,627,051 

1,343,904 

3,971,555 

15,068,233 

49,670 

14,349 

1837 

2,565,712 

1,275,887 

3,841,599 

11,680,111 

45,185 

18,284 

1833 

2,481,543 

995,608 

8,477,151 

9,360,371 

75,342 

8,359 

1839 

4,14S,2U 

1,151,204 

6,299,415 

15,050,715 

64,318 

13,381 

1840 
Total, 

6,736,456 

1,083,689 

6,820,145 

8,464,882 

72,288 

11,340 

$30,282,068 

13,965,548 

44,247,616 

115,747,208 

571,286 

136,989 

1841 

4,404,863 

747,638 

5.152,601 

10,346,698 

74,201 

9,323 

1&42 

3,293,814 

476,913 

3,770,727 

7,385,-858 

65,208 

13,712 

18*3* 

2,071,945 

2S3,003 

2,354,948 

2,760,630 

41,573 

5,899 

1844 

3,265,027 

270,229 

3,536,256 

7,217,267 

711,650 

8,627 

1845 

3,129,678 

444,635 

3,574,363 

8,159,227 

63,271 

12,987 

1846 

4,157.918 

593,087 

4,751,005 

7,989,396 

77,272 

7,627 

1847 

8,263,311 

281,080 

8,544,391 

9,587,516 

107,930 

85,213 

1848 

5,428,309 

304,024 

5,732,333 

12,147,584 

77,870 

20,218 

1849 

4,850,872 

492,549 

5,:34;3,421 

10,64.5,500 

93,322 

27,005 

1850 
Total, 

4,049,464 

452,142 

4,501,606 

12,066,154 

81,276 

30,342 

$42,915,201 

4,345,360 

47,260,551 

88,305,830 

762,573 

170,952 

1851 

5,101,969 

254,067 

6,356,036 

14,168,761 

102,123 

88,051 

ia52 

5,522,449 

806,122 

5,828,571 

14,785,917 

90,951 

48,981 

1853 

6,255,229 

272,767 

6,527,996 

18,834,410 

101,029 

60,666 

1854 

9,846,810 

267,606 

10,104,416 

21.359,306 

120,640 

53,567 

1855 

5,985,125 

289,213 

6,274,338 

15,3(19,935 

114,208 

35,720 

1856 

7,043,408 

189,164 

7,232,572 

16,590,045 

112,087 

31,245 

*  9  months  to  June  30,  and  the  fiscal  year  from  this  time  begins  July  1. 


PRINCIPAL  PORTS. 

Philadelphia,  near  the  confluence  of  the  rivers  Delaware  and  SchuylkUl,  in  lat. 
39°  57'  N.,  long  75°  10'  W.,  and  near  the  head  of  the  Delaware  bay.  Vessels  of 
the  largest  burden  ascend  the  river  as  far  as  Newcastle,  but  those  drawing  above  18 
or  20  feet  of  water  can  not  reach  Philadelphia,  on  account  of  a  bar  a  little  below  the 
city.  The  entrance  to  the  magnificent  bay  formed  by  the  embouchure  of  the  Dela- 
ware, has  Cape  May  on  the  north,  and  Cape  Henlopen  on  its  south  side.  The  com- 
merce of  Philadelphia  has  not  kept  pace  with  her  growth  in  other  respects,  especially 
in  manufactures.     The  tonnage  in  1856,  was  197,228  tons. 

Erie,  port  of  entry.  Pa.  It  is  beautifully  situated  on  Presque  Isle  Bay,  on 
Lake  Erie,  covers  one  mile  square,  and  has  one  of  the  best  harbors  on  the  lake,  the 
channel  or  entrance  to  which  has  lately  been  much  improved;  the  water  is  from  II 
to  20  feet  deep,  and  the  largest  steamboats  enter  without  difficulty.  There  is  a 
lighthouse  on  the  west  side  of  the  entrance  of  Presque  Isle  baj-,  lat.  42°  8'  14"  N. ; 
shows  a  fixed  light,  elevated  93  feet  above  the  surface  of  the  lake,  and  visible  for  a 
distance  of  141  miles.     The  beacon  is  on  the  east  side  of  the  bay ;  visible  8f  miles. 


Louisania. 


45 


FOREIGN  COMMERCE  OF  THE  STATE  OF  LOUISIANA, 

From  October  1,  1820,  to  July  1,  1856. 


Years 

EXPORTS. 

IMPORTS. 

TONNAGE  CL'D. 

EXUI.Nd 

Sept. 

80. 
1S21 

DoMESTia 

Foreign. 

Total. 

TOTAU 

American. 

Foreign. 

$6,907,599 

$364,573 

$7,272,172 

$.3,879,717 

53,.312 

21,323 

lS-.'2 

7.o0;!,461 

675,184 

7,978,645 

3,817,233 

37,888 

20,716 

1S23 

6,709,410 

1,009,662 

7,779,072 

4,283,125 

53,253 

26.445 

1S24 

6,412,946 

1,485,874 

7,928,820 

4,.5:39,769 

54,189 

21,996 

1825 

10,965,234 

1,617,690 

12.582,924 

4,290,034 

51,602 

2.5,776 

1826 

9,048,506 

1,235,874 

10,2^4,380 

4,167,521 

63,144 

22,943 

1827 

10,602,832 

1,126,165 

11,728,997 

4,531,645 

89,793 

80,240 

1S28 

10,163,342 

1,784,058 

11,947,400 

6,217,881 

S5,:341 

38,731 

1829 

10,898,183 

1,487,877 

12,386,060 

6,s57,209 

87,657 

3:3.172 

1830 
Total, 

13,042,740 

2,445,952 

15,488,692 

7,599,083 

106,017 

36,817 

$92,144,253 

13,232,909 

105,377,162 

49,633,222 

692,151 

277,659 

1831 

12,S35,531 

.3,926,458 

16,761,989 

9,760,693 

96,7.53 

.58,.55S 

1832 

14.105,118 

2,42.5,812 

10,5:30,9.30 

8,371.653 

88,286 

59,620 

1S33 

16,133,457 

2,807,916 

18,941,373 

9,590,.505 

86,021 

60,5^0 

1S34 

23.759.607 

2,797,917 

26,557,524 

1:3,731,309 

112,3:30 

71,.599 

1835 

31,265,015 

5,005,803 

36,270,823 

17,519,814 

187,:391 

58,778 

1836 

32,226,565 

4,953,26:3 

37,179,828 

15,117,649 

147,3:33 

48,110 

1S37 

31, .546.275 

3,792,422 

35,838,697 

14,020,012 

175,568 

45,523 

1838 

30,077,534 

1,424,714 

81,502,248 

9,496,808 

189,722 

4:3,134 

1839 

311.99.5,936 

2,185,231 

3:3,181,167 

12,064,942 

177,257 

54,772 

1840 
Total, 

32.998,0.59 

1,2:38,877 

34,236,936 

10,67:3,196 

277,021 

73,350 

$255,943,097 

80,558,418 

286,501,515 

120,903,081 

1,4:33,1:32 

569,074 

1841 

.32,865,618 

1,521,865 

84,387,483 

10,25G,-S50 

244,933 

72,.577 

1842 

27,427,422 

976,727 

23,404,149 

8,0:38,590 

244,110 

7:3,668 

184:3* 

26.6.53,924 

736.500 

27,:390,424 

8,170,015 

292,473 

80,697 

1844 

29,442,7;34 

1,055,573 

80,498,307 

7,826,789 

237,179 

101.(»56 

1845 

2.5,841,311 

1,:316,154 

27,157,465 

7,:354,897 

243,.543 

129,561 

1846 

30,747,.533 

528,171 

81,275,704 

7,22:3,090 

283,468 

110,023 

1847 

41,788,303 

263,3:30 

42,051,633 

9,222,969 

274,112 

166,768 

1848 

39,350,148 

1,621,213 

40,971,861 

9,:3S0,489 

2b7,337 

148,612 

1349 

36,957,118 

6.J4,.549 

87,611,667 

10,050,697 

293,456 

194,2:34 

1850 
Total, 

37,698,277 

407,073 

38,105,350 

10,760,499 

211,300 

1.58,1:37 

.$328,772,358 

9,081,155 

837,853,543 

88,278,8:35 

2,563,011 

1,2.35,:383 

1851 

5.3,968,013 

445,950 

54,413,963 

12,528,460 

292,954 

123,612 

1852 

48.SIIS169 

250,716 

49,053,885 

12.057,724 

870,741 

178,741 

1853 

67,7«S724 

523,9:34 

68.292,658 

1:3,6:30,636 

440,736 

190,084 

1854 

60.656,587 

275,265 

60,931,8.52 

14,422,154 

443,499 

155,256 

1855 

55,1156.094 

311,868 

55,367,963 

12,900,821 

430,502 

12:3,900 

1856 

80,576,052 

288,423 

80,865,080 

16,682,:392 

586,747 

186.415 

*  9  months  to  June  30,  and  the  flsc.il  year  from  this  time  begins  July  1. 


PRINCIPAL  PORT. 
New  Orleaxs,  Louisiana,  is  the  principal  port  on  the  Mississippi,  and  the  natural 
depot  for  the  commerce  of  the  great  central  valley.  It  is  situated  on  the  leit  bank 
of  the  river,  100  miles  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  in  lat.  29°  58',  and  long.  90°  7'.  Its 
site  is  low  and  marshy,  and  in  the  summer  and  fall  very  sickly.  Two  railroads  con- 
nect it  witli  Lake  Pontchartrain,  and  thence  steamboats  connect  with  Mobile,  etc. 
It  communicates  northward  by  the  New  Orleans,  Jackson,  and  Great  Northern  Rail- 
road, and  westward  by  the  New  Orleans,  Opelousas,  and  Great  "Western  Railroad. 
Its  commerce  by  river  is  carried  on  by  steamboats  in  constant  succession,  and  these 
traverse  the  great  river  and  tributaries  for  thousands  of  miles.  By  these  means  it 
receives  and  distributes  its  merchandise.  The  average  value  of  produce  received 
from  the  interior,  is  about  $120,000,000.  Its  foreign  trade  is  co- extensive,  and  with 
regard  to  cotton  and  sugar  it  is  the  first  port  of  the  Union.  The  depth  of  water  in 
the  river,  opposite  New  Orleans,  is  at  a  medium  of  70  feet,  and  it  maintains  sound- 
ings of  30  feet  until  within  a  mile  of  its  confluence  with  the  sea.  The  river  has  four 
principal  passes.     The  tonnage  of  the  port  in  1S5G,  was  103,308  tons. 


64 


Foreign  Comtnerce  of  the  United  States. 


795 


GENERAL  STATEMENT  OF  THE  ANNUAL  FOREIGN  COMMERCE 

AND  NAVIGATION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES, 

Feom  October  1,  1820,  to  July  1,  1856. 


Is 

1821 

EXPORTS. 

IMPOKTS. 

Whereof  there  was 
in  Bullion  and  Specie. 

TONNAGE  CL'D.^ 

Domestic. 

FOKEION. 

Total. 

Total. 

Export. 

Impoet. 

Amer. 

Fob. 

$43,671,894 

$21,302,488 

$64,974,382 

$62,585,724 

$10,478,059 

$8,064,890 

804,947 

83,073 

1822 

49,874,079 

22,286,202 

72,160,281 

83,241,541 

10,810,180 

3,369,846 

813,748 

97,490 

1823 

47,155,408 

27,543,622 

74,699,030 

77,579,267 

6,372,987 

5,097,896 

810,761 

119,740 

1824 

50,649,500 

25,3:37,157 

75,986.657 

80,549,007 

7,014,652 

8,379,8:35 

919.278 

102,552 

1825 

66,944,745 

32,590,64:; 

99,535,388 

96,340,075 

8,932,034 

6,150.765 

960,366 

95,080 

1826 

53,055,710 

24,539,612 

77,595,322 

84,974,477 

4,704,5:53 

6,880.966 

953,012 

99,417 

1827 

68,921,691 

23,403,136 

82,324,827 

79,484,068 

8,014,880 

8,161,130 

980,542 

131,250 

1828 

50,669,669 

21,595,017 

72,264,686 

88,509,824 

8,243,476 

7,489,741 

897,404 

151,030 

1829 

55,700,193 

16,658,478 

72,358,671 

74,492,524 

4,924,020 

7,403,612 

944,799 

133,006 

1830 
Tot. 

59,462,029 

14,387,479 

73,849,608 

70,876,920 

2,178,773 

8,165,964 

971,760 

133,486 

$636,104,918 

229,643,834 

766,748,752 

798,633,427 

71,673,494 

69,144,645 

9,056,617 

1,146,074 

1831 

61,277,057 

20,033,626 

81,310,583 

103,191,124 

9,014,931 

7,805,945 

972,604 

271,994 

1882 

63,137,470 

24,039,473 

87,176,94:3 

101,029,266 

5,656,;}40 

5,907,504 

974,866 

.    887,505 

1833 

70,317,698 

19,822,735 

90,140.433 

108,118,311 

2,611,701 

7,070,368 

1,142,160 

497,089 

1834 

81,024,162 

23,312,811 

104,336,9731 

126,521,332 

2,076,758 

17,911,6:32 

1,134,020 

577,700 

1835 

101,189,082 

20,604,495 

121,693,.'577i 

149,895,742 

6,477,775    13,131, 447  j 

1,400,517 

680,824 

1836 

106,916,680 

21,746  360 

128,663,040 

189,980,035 

4,324.a36 

13.400,881 

1,315,623 

674,721 

183V 

95,564,414 

21,854,962 

117,419,376 

140,989,217 

5,976,249 

10,516,414 

1,266,622 

756,202 

1838 

96,033,821 

12,452,795 

108,486,616 

113,717,406 

8,508,046 

17,747,116 

1,408,761 

604,166 

1839 

103,533,891 

17,494,525 

121,028,416 

162,092.132 

8.776,74:3 

6,595,176 

1,477,928 

611,889 

1840 
Tot 

113,695,634 

18,190,312 

132,085,946 

107,141,519 

8,417,014 

8,882,813 

1,647,009 

706,486 

$892,889,909 

199,461,994 

1,092,341,903 

1,302,670,084 

56,839,893 

107,409,296 

12,739,909 

5,718,476 

1841 

106,382,722 

15,469,081 

121,8.51,803 

127,946,177 

10,034,332 

4,988,633 

1,634,156 

786,849 

1842 

92,969,996 

11,721,5:38 

104,691,534 

100,162,087 

4,813,539 

4,087,016 

1,536,461 

740,497 

1843 

*      77,793,783 

6,552,697 

84,846,480 

t>i,753,799 

1,620,791 

22,390,,559 

1,268,  oa3 

523,949 

1844 

99,715,179 

11,484,867 

111,200,040 

108,435,035 

5,454,214 

5,830,429 

2,010,924 

906,814 

1845 

99,299,776 

15,:346,8;30 

114,646,606 

117,254,5W 

8,606,495 

4,070,242 

2,053,977 

930,275 

1846 

102,141,693 

11,346,623 

11:3,488,516 

121,691,797 

3,905,268 

3,777,7:32 

2,221,028 

968,178 

184Y 

150,637,464 

8,011,158 

158,648,622; 

146,545,638 

1,907,024 

24,121,289 

2,202,393 

1,176,606 

1848 

132,904,121 

21,132,315 

154,036,436 

154,998,928 

16,841,616 

6,360,224 

2,461,280 

1,404,159 

1849 

132,666,955 

13,083,865 

14.5,755,820 

147,857,4:39 

5,404,648 

6,651.240 

2,75:3,724 

1,675,709 

1850 
Tot. 

136,946,912 

14,951,808 

151,898,720 

178,138,318 

7,622,994 

4,628,792 

2,6-32,788 

1,728,214 

$1,131,458,801 

129,106,782 

1,260,564,583 

1,267,783,782 

66,010,921 

86,906,156 

20,774,804 

10,791,249 

1&51 

196,689,718 

21,698,293 

218.388,011 

216,224,932 

29,472,762 

5,463,592 1 

3,200,619 

1,929,.535  1 

1852 

192,368,984 

17,2S9,3S2 

209,668,366 

212,945,442' 

42,674,185 

5,505,044' 

3,230,690 

2,047,575 

1853 

213,417,697 

17,558,460 

230,976,157 

267,978,647, 

27,486,875 

4,201, 3S2 

3,766,789 

2,298,790 

1854 

253,390,870 

24,850,194 

278,241,064 

304,562,381  ■ 

41.281,504 

6,758,587! 

3,911,.S92 

2,107,802 

1865 

246,708,553 

28,448,293 

276,156,846 

261,468,520 

50,247,34:3 

3,659,812 

4,068,979    2,110,322  i 

1856 

310,586,330 

16,378,678 

826,964,908 

314,039,942 

45,745,485 

4,207,632  1  4,538,864i  2,462,109 

*  9  months  to  June  30,  and  the  fiscal  year  from  this  time  begins  July  1. 

STEAM  TONNAGE  OP  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
"The  use  of  steam  tonnage  in  the  commerce  between  the  United  States  and  other 
American  nations,  and  Great  Britain,  France,  and  other  commercial  nations,  may,  and 
it  is  thought  by  some  wLU,  considerably  reduce  the  sail  tonnage  used  in  commerce,  and 
that  cheaper  capital  in  Great  Britain  will  give  to  that  nation  an  advantage  over  the  United 
States  in  steam  tonnage,  and  the  carrying  trade  of  our  own  and  other  countries,  and  they 
attribute  the  reduction  of  our  tonnage  to  that  cause.  This  may  be  so,  to  some  extent,  but 
no  continued  reduction  of  our  commercial  tonnage  is  apprehended ;  nor  is  it  apprehended 
there  is  any  just  reason  to  suppose  our  enterprising  sliip-builders  and  merchants  will 
surrender  the  navigation  of  the  seas  to  Great  Britain,  and  place  that  nation  in  posses- 
sion of  the  carrying  business  of  the  world ;  yet  the  subject  is  one  of  interest,  and  calls 
for  a  careful  examination  of  our  tonnage  laws,  and  the  removal  of  all  impediments  to  an 
(ajual  and  fair  competition  for  our  foreign  trade  and  the  trade  of  other  nations."— ZTretted 
States  Treasury  Report,  December,  1856. 


American  and  Foreign  Tonnage. 


65 


COMPARATIVE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  AMERICAN  AND  FOREIGN 

TONNAGE,  AS  SHOWN  IN  THE  IMPORTS  OF  THE 

UNITED  STATES,  IN  1831,  1841,  AND  1851. 


STATES,  ETC. 

1831. 

1841. 

1851. 

In 
American 

vessels. 

In 

Foreign 
vessels. 

In 

American 

vessels. 

In 
Foreign 

vessels. 

In 

American 
vessels. 

In 
Foreign 

vessels. 

Alabama    

14:3,320 

180,573 
405,066 
21,656 
110.196 
236,293 

5,969,622 

832.803 

4,513,897 

13,982,768 

27,299 

146,205 

53,017,633 

186,802 

153 

11,623,584 
562,101 
853,171 

166,266 
383,797 

81,115 
12,982 

5,514 
103,6-12 

8,797,671 
109,104 
312,680 

236,238 

3,460,384 

9,.554 

464 

500,499 

884,992 
104,725 

410,358 

53,863 
298,221 

1,188 
116,712 
299,977 

S,14l',683 
574,664 

5,348,866 

18,835.492 

137,608 

83,875 

61,585 

1.919 

66,688,750 

214,731 

9,563 

9,840,354 

333.929 

1,217,955 

7,523 

246,739 
351,917 

120,461 

23,466 
2,768 
2,088 

28,469 
149,030 

2,115,262 
126,297 
752,447 

1,482,511 
192 

12,ii6 

396 

9,024,676 

5,629 

1,755 

500,344 

5,663 

339,476 

25,326 

48,736 
4,462,700 

80,527 
820,858 

88',875 

404,477 

3,609 

1,754 

213,576 

1     10,134,465 

963,061 

5,662.066 

23,117,834 

182,146 

845 

622,039 

44,682 

106,568,635 

125,978 

586,460 

11,541,212 

295,209 

1,646,915 

64,761 

62,745 

691,268 

227,339 

108,500 

869,710 

'286 
22,136 

56,122 

817,070 

1,048 

2,393,995 
208.529 
988,579 

9,597,493 

13,346 

1,111 

34,977,903 

80,953 

99,871 

2,627,549 

15,421 

434,397 

31 ',970 

325,594 

Columbia,  District  of. 
Connecticut 

Florida 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Maine 

Massachusetts 

MississinDi 

New  Hampshire 

New  Jersey 

North  Carolina 

Ohio      

Pennsylvania 

Rhode  Island 

South  Carolina 

Texas      

Oregon  Territory 

Total 

93,962,110 

9,229,014 

113,221,877 

14,724,300 

168,216,272 

52,563,083 

TONNAGE  OP  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

"When  our  navigation  laws  were  first  enacted  in  1789,  the  registered  tonnage  of 
the  United  States  was  secured  against  the  i:irotecting  navigation  laws  of  other  na- 
tions, by  countervailing  or  protecting  provisions.  Such  provisions  were,  from  time 
to  time,  extended,  so  as  to  countervail  the  prohibitory  enactments  of  the  commercial 
nations  with  which  we  had  intercourse.  These  commercial  restrictions  have  gradu- 
ally yielded  to  the  more  liberal  principles  of  freo  trade  in  the  transportation  of  freight 
and  passengers,  until  in  tliat  business  we  have  free  trade  with  almost  aU  the  nations 
of  the  earth,  only  marred  by  the  charge  of  light  money  to  our  vessels,  where  we 
charge  none.  The  removal  of  restrictions,  in  our  commercial  intercourse  with  other 
nations,  in  the  carrying  business,  has  not  been  prejudicial  to  our  foreign  commercial 
marine.  The  burden  of  light  money,  to  which  our  tonnage,  in  the  ports  of  Great 
Britain  and  other  commercial  nations,  is  subject,  should  bo  removed  by  mutual 
agreement,  or  countervailing  legislation  on  our  part,  and  the  tonnage  duty  now 
charged  on  our  vessels,  in  the  ports  of  France  and  some  other  countries,  and  on 
their  vessels  in  our  ports,  should,  by  like  mutual  agreement,  be  taken  oft',  and  port 
charges  equalized.  The  coasting  trade  of  the  United  States  has,  from  the  begin- 
ning, been  strictly  reserved  for  vessels  built  within  the  United  States,  and  owned 
by  citizens  of  the  U.  S.,  to  the  exclusion  of  foreign-buOt  and  foreign-owned  vessels. 
The  American  tonnage  engaged  in  foreign  trade,  and  in  the  coasting  trade,  has 
been  American-built,  and  has  had  the  absolute  protection  of  our  laws,  and  the 
licensed  tonnage  absolute  protection,  in  the  carrying  trade  on  our  coast  and  in  our 
waters." — Treasury  Report,  December,  1856. 


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"  No  expectation  of  forbearance  or  indulgence  should  be  encouraged.  Favor  and  benevolence 
are  not  the  attributes  of  good  banking.  Strict  justice  and  the  rigid  performance  of  contracts  are  its 
proper  foundation." 

•'  The  Eevenue  of  the  State  is  the  State;  in  effect,  all  depend  upon  it,  whether  for  support  or  for 
reformation." 


MAY,  1857. -CONTENTS. 

Akt.  I.  PsiKcrPLES  OP  Life  Insueance  ;  •with  new  Tables  of  Moetalitt,  peepaeed  fob  the 
Mutual  Litb  Insueance  Company  of  New  York.    833. 

II.  Legal  Miscellany — Frauds  on  Banks  and  other  Corporations.    840. 

III.  Annual  Report  on  the  Coinage  of  the  United  States,  with  tabular  details  of  Coinage  at  the  Mint 

and  each  Branch.    843. 

IV.  Foreign  Banes.— 1.  The  Ottoman  Bank.    £.  The  Bank  of  Turkey.    3.  The  Bank  of  Agricul- 

ture.   4.  The  Bank  of  France.    5.  The  International  Bank,  Paris.    6.  England,    S51. 

V.  A  Model  Banking  House,  Description  of.    856. 

VI.  Eecent  Banking  Decisions.— 1.  City  Bank  of  Columbus.    2.  Frauds  on  Banks.    S.  Foreign 
Corporations.    858. 

VII.  Law  of  the  State  of  New  York  as  to  Notaries  Public.    860. 

VIII.  Foreign  Commerce  of  the  United  States  with  Guiana.  2.  Jamaica.  3.  Canada.  4.  British 
Colonies.  5.  France.  6.  French  "West  Indies.  7.  French  Guiana.  8.  Denmark.  9.  Hol- 
land. 10.  Hanse  Towns.  (These  tables  show  the  trade  with  each  nation  for  each  year, 
1820—1856.)    865. 

IX.  Miscellaneous.    Origin  of  Marine  Insurance— Failure  of  Greene  &  Co.,  Paris— New  York  and 
New  Haven  Rail-Eoad  Dividend. 

X.  New  York  City  Banks. — Capital,  Circulation,  Profits,  Deposits, Loans,  Eeal  Estate,  Specie,  Cash 
Items,  Stocks,  Bonds  and  Mortgages,  Expense  Account  of  each,    906. 

XI.  Redemption  of  Uncurrent  Money  by  the  Suffolk  Bank,  Boston,  and  by  the  Metropolitan  Bank 
and  the  American  Exchange  Banlc,  New  York.    897. 

XII.  Bank  Items— New  Banks— New  Appointments— Bank  Failures.    900. 

XIIL  Notes  on  the  Money  Market,  with  a  Review  of  the  Fluctuations  of  the  Stock  Market  for 
April.    910. 


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